ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JASS&#298</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="JASS*"> <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">&#65279JASS&#298, also called Jass&#299 B&#257gv&#257l&#299 to distinguish it from another village of the same name, is an old village 23 km from Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 (30º-14'N, 74º-59'E). It claims an historical shrine commemorating the visit of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who broke journey here while travelling from Muktsar through Lakkh&#299 jungle to Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo in 1706. According to legend popularized by an anonymous and undated old chronicle, <i>S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, on approaching Jass&#299, waded through the village pond on horseback. As he came out at the other bank, the black coat of the horse and the blue robes of the Gur&#363 turned white. The pond, since developed into a 70-metre square <i>sarovar</i> with brick-lined embankment and steps, is called Baggsar, or the White Tank (<i>bagg&#257</i> in Punjabi means white), and the shrine constructed near its southern bank is known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Baggsar S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Dasv&#299&#7749. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, but is managed by Niha&#7749gs of the Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 Dal.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gurdu&#257ri&#257n</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>