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<p class="C1">&#65279IKUL&#256H&#256, a village 6 km southwest of Khann&#257 (30º42'N, 76º13'E) in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district, is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind, who visited it on his way from Ghu&#7771&#257&#7751&#299 and Dhamo&#7789 to Saun&#7789&#299. The shrine which commemorates the visit was raised much later. The construction work was started in 1907-08 by Bh&#257&#299 Ral&#257 Si&#7749gh, who resigned his job in East Africa to return to his village for this purpose, but the building was not completed until 1933. By then the supervision had passed into the hands of a revered lady, M&#257&#299 Gul&#257b Kaur. The shrine is known today as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363 Sar P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749. It has a flat-roofed <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall where the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is installed. Close by, there is a Mañj&#299 S&#257hib in the form of a small square domed room on a raised platform, with another room in the basement. The Mañj&#299 S&#257hib marks the site where the Gur&#363 is believed to have sat and from where he addressed the devotees. A new 100feet high Nish&#257n S&#257hib was raised near the Mañj&#299 S&#257hib on 3 May 1978. Besides the daily services and the important Sikh anniversaries, an annual festival is held on 20 Bais&#257kh (early May) to mark the day on which Gur&#363 Hargobind is believed to have visited the village in 1632. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by a local committee, the Naujaw&#257n Sabh&#257, i.e. the village youth, taking an active interest in its affairs.</p>
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