ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>IY&#256L&#298 KAL&#256&#7748</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="IYL*,KALD"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279IY&#256L&#298 KAL&#256&#7748, village in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district, about 12 km west of the city, is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind. He passed through this village on his way to Kart&#257rpur after the battle of Mehr&#257j (1634). According to local tradition, a high platform was raised here by Bh&#257&#299 Bidh&#299 Chand and other Sikhs to make a dais for the Gur&#363. Hence the name of the shrine, Tha&#7771&#257 (a platform) S&#257hib. The shrine was under Ud&#257s&#299 priests before its management passed on to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. The present building which stands on an old mound, two metres above the street level, was constructed in 1953. It is a marble-floored square room with an octagonal domed room above it. A gold pinnacle tops the dome. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in the <i>prak&#257sh asth&#257n</i> on the ground floor. A rectangular <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall was added to the sanctum in 1960. Opposite the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>, across the village street, is the <i>tavel&#257</i> (stable) where the Gur&#363's horse, Dilb&#257<u>gh</u>, was kept. A local committee administers the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. Besides major Sikh anniversaries, Loh&#7771&#299 festival falling on the last day of the Bikram&#299 month of Poh is celebrated with special fervour.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>