ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KAP&#362RGA&#7770H</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="KAPjRGAZH"> <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&#362RGA&#7770H, village 16 km from Amloh (30º-36'N, 76º-14'E), in Fatehga&#7771h S&#257hib district, has a shrine called Gurdw&#257r&#257 &#7692er&#257 B&#257b&#257 Natth&#257 Si&#7749gh. B&#257b&#257 Natth&#257 Si&#7749gh (or N&#257th&#257 Si&#7749gh) after whom the Gurdw&#257r&#257 is named, was a Niha&#7749g Jathed&#257r during the early nineteenth century, highly respected by the rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 and N&#257bh&#257. His, <i>&#7693er&#257</i> or dwelling place, built in the form of a fortress on top of a mound, is now in a dilapidated condition. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, about 25 metres away from the <i>&#7693er&#257</i>, was built later. The <i>&#7693er&#257</i> as well as the Gurdw&#257r&#257 is now in the possession of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee who have appointed a manager-cum-<i>granth&#299</i> to look after it.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the Gurdw&#257r&#257 are preserved old articles, such as weapons, musical instruments and garments. Among them is a three-foot-long sword which is said to have once been Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's. The Gur&#363's name is inscribed on it in Gurmukh&#299 characters, with a vowel omitted and a consonant in Devan&#257gr&#299. Transliterated, it would read : "Gu Goband Si&#7749gh S&#257hib".</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Vis&#257kh&#257 Si&#7749gh, Sant, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Itih&#257s</i>, 3 vols. Kishanpura, 1954<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>