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<p class="C1">&#65279JINW&#256&#7692&#256, pronounced J&#299nv&#257&#7771&#257, 11 km from Bidar (17º-55'N, 77º-32'E) in Karn&#257&#7789aka is situated along the road connecting Bidar to Baraul&#299-Auradh, a Talluq&#257 headquarters in Bidar district.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tap Asth&#257n M&#257&#299 Bh&#257go at Jinw&#257&#7693&#257 honours the memory of M&#257&#299 Bh&#257go, revered as a saint, who fought in the battle of Muktsar. From Muktsar onwards, she constantly remained in the train of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's followers and travelled with them to the Deccan. After the Gur&#363's passing away at N&#257nde&#7693, M&#257&#299 Bh&#257go retired further south. She settled down at Jinw&#257&#7693&#257, the seat of two chieftains, B&#257l&#257 R&#257o and Rustam R&#257o, whose release from captivity at Sat&#257r&#257 is attributed to a miraculous intervention by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. She lived to attain a ripe old age. Her hut was just outside the walls of the village fortress. The fortress is now nothing but a ruined enclosure of hewn stones, but M&#257&#299 Bh&#257go's hut is still extant. The Sikhs took it over from one Gul&#257b R&#257o, in 1948, when they secured possession of N&#257nak Jh&#299r&#257. The hut is now a single flat-roofed room, with a verandah in the front. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in the centre and is attended by a <i>granth&#299</i> supplied by Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 N&#257nak Jh&#299r&#257, Bidar. Plans are afoot to raise a new building. As an inaugural measure, a 16-metre high Sikh flag, donated by Ta<u>kh</u>t Sachkha&#7751&#7693 Sr&#299 Haz&#363r S&#257hib, N&#257nde&#7693, was unfurled ceremoniously on 26 November 1977.</p>
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