ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KAP&#256L MOCHAN</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="KAPL,MOCHAN"> <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">&#65279KAP&#256L MOCHAN, an ancient pilgrimage centre of the Hindus, 20 kilometres from Jag&#257dhr&#299 (30º-10'N, 77º-18'E), was visited by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh as he was returning from P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 to Anandpur in 1688. He is said to have stopped at this place for 52 days. A small shrine commemorated the Gur&#363's visit until a new complex was raised after the partition of 1947, the main building having been completed in 1951. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in the main building in an octagonal-shaped marble-floored room approached through a flat-topped gateway. A separate enclosure contains rooms for pilgrims and the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. An annual fair is held in K&#257rtik, October-November, to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is administered by a local committee through a manager appointed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol 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>