ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JAUNPUR (25º-47'N, 82º-40'E)</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="JAUNPUR"> <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">&#65279JAUNPUR (25º-47'N, 82º-40'E), a district town in Uttar Pradesh, situated on the bank of the River Gomat&#299, claims a historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tap Asth&#257n Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur J&#299 (Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat) or simply Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat. A Sikh <i>sa&#7749gat</i> was in existence in Jaunpur when Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur passed by travelling from the Punjab to the eastern parts in 1665. Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh, a melodious singer of the divine hymns, called on the Gur&#363, along with the Jaunpur <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, at V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299. In appreciation of his enchanting <i>k&#299rtan</i>, the Gur&#363 bestowed on him the gift of a <i>mrida&#7749g</i> (a double-sided Indian drum) . From that day the <i>sa&#7749gat</i> at Jaunpur came to be called Mrida&#7749gv&#257l&#299 Sa&#7749gat. While returning from Pa&#7789n&#257 to the Punjab, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur stayed for a while with Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh at Jaunpur. A platform was raised commemorating the Gur&#363's visit. A <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was constructed over it later. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a commodious rectangular hall. A platform built inside a separate small room represents the Tap Asth&#257n, the spot where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur sat in meditation. Many persons, especially ladies, observe <i>ch&#257l&#299s&#257</i> here to have their wishes fulfilled. On top of a sandy mound on the river bank not far from the Gurdw&#257r&#257, there is a ruined hut by the side of a narrow well. This hut and about two acres of land around it in the revenue village of Ch&#257chakpur are still shown in the name of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat. According to local tradition, this was the spot where the Gur&#363 during his brief stay at Jaunpur used to bathe in the river early in the morning and then sit in meditation.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There used to be another shrine in Jaunpur known as Chho&#7789&#299 Sa&#7749gat. It was located in a private house in R&#257o Ma&#7751&#7693al Mohall&#257. Till the death of the last Sikh occupant of this house, Sard&#257r Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh in the mid-1960's, it was functioning as a <i>sa&#7749gat</i> with the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib installed in it. There used to be in this <i>sa&#7749gat</i> an old hand-written copy of Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib as well as a steel arrow handed down from Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. Both these are now kept in Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat. There are, in fact, two hand-written <i>b&#299&#7771s</i>, holy volumes, in that Gurdw&#257r&#257 -- one of them transcribed in 1742 Bk/AD 1685 and the other in 1801 Bk/AD) 1744.</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"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749</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>