ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JODH&#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="JODHD"> <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">&#65279JODH&#256&#7748, village 16 km from Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 (30º-54'N, 75º-52'E), has a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> in memory of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. The shrine, called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Damdam&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10, marks the site where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh halted for rest during his journey from &#256lamg&#299r to Hehr&#257&#7749 towards the close of 1705. The present building, raised in 1954, consists of a square hall with a verandah on three sides. There is an octagonal domed room above the <i>prak&#257sh asth&#257n</i>. A row of five small rooms on a side provides residential accommodation for pilgrims and travellers. The Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar is at the back. A flat-roofed square room with a basement, constructed within the Gurdw&#257r&#257 compound in 1966, is dedicated to B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bed&#299, who visited the village twice, once in 1794 while on his way to Jagr&#257o&#7749 after his M&#257lerko&#7789l&#257 campaign and again in 1798 when he defeated the forces of the Muslim chief of R&#257iko&#7789 in a fierce battle fought at Jodh&#257&#7749.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gurdw&#257r&#257 Damdam&#257 S&#257hib is administered by a village committee.</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"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<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>