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<p class="C1">&#65279JH&#298VAR HE&#7770&#298, a village in Yamun&#257nagar district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257 23 km southwest of Jag&#257dhr&#299 (30º-10'N, 77º-18'E), has a Sikh shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 N&#257v&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299, dedicated to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. According to local tradition, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur converted here a <i>s&#257dh&#363</i> named Bhikh&#257r&#299 D&#257s who was proud of his ritualistic piety. Lakkh&#299 Sh&#257h Va&#7751j&#257r&#257, a Sikh who owned a transport caravan, is said to have constructed a memorial platform and donated a small piece of land for a garden. In 1764, Sard&#257r Des&#363 Si&#7749gh of &#7692allev&#257l&#299 <i>misl</i> occupied Mustaf&#257b&#257d and its surrounding villages. He had the platform enlarged. Sard&#257r Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh of L&#257&#7693v&#257 is said to have made a further land endowment.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Since 1851 (the date of the earliest revenue records) the Gurdw&#257r&#257 and its landed properties had been under the possession of a Sikh goldsmith family. A case for the transference of possession of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee was brought before the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tribunal in 1926, but it dragged on until 1937 when it was decided in favour of the Committee. Reconstruction of the building was begun in 1954. The present Gurdw&#257r&#257 has a large hall, including the original platform, now the seat for the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. A separate compound houses the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. The shrine is administered by a local committee. Devotees from the neighbouring villages and towns congregate on every <i>am&#257vasy&#257</i>, the last day of the dark half of the month, when <i>k&#299rtan</i>, sermons and community meal take place. An annual fair is held on 9 and 10 Ph&#257gun (third week of February).</p>
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