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<p class="C1">&#65279KA&#7770&#256, situated in All&#257h&#257b&#257d district of Uttar Pradesh, on the right bank of the River Ga&#7749g&#257, was once a flourishing town and a provincial capital under the Muslim Sultanate and under the Mu<u>gh</u>als though now it is no more than a large village. Sikh chronicles usually refer to it as Ka&#7771&#257-M&#257nakpur, but M&#257nakpur is a separate village 5 km away on the opposite bank of the Ga&#7749g&#257.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur in the course of his journey to the eastern parts in 1665-66 halted at Ka&#7771&#257 on his way from K&#257npur to All&#257h&#257b&#257d. At Ka&#7771&#257, he met Sant Mal&#363k D&#257s, a famous Vai&#7779&#7751ava saint. Mal&#363k D&#257s had heard about Gur&#363 N&#257nak and the spiritual line issuing from him. He was surprised to see his Ninth successor accompanied by armed disciples who hunted animals. But on beholding Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, his doubts disappeared as clouds disperse before high winds. He, according to <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, said to himself, "Though the Gur&#363 is clad as a prince, his mind is fixed in divine knowledge. He is the ocean of qualities. How can an ignorant one like me praise him? Sinner I have been from birth. His sanctity I did not fathom." Mal&#363k D&#257s fell at the Gur&#363's feet and took him to his hut where he served him with humility.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	There is no Sikh shrine at Ka&#7771&#257 at present, but a pamphlet published by the followers of Sant Mal&#363k D&#257s testifies that a Sikh <i>sa&#7749gat</i> and a Sikh <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> once flourished here, and that once in a year a gathering took place here of members of all communities when <i>ka&#7771&#257h pras&#257d</i> was freely distributed.</p>
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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>
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