ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KARH&#256 S&#256HIB</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="KARH,SHIB"> <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">&#65279KARH&#256 S&#256HIB, a village 11 km west of Pehov&#257 (29-59'N, 76-35'E) in Kurukshetra district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, was visited by four of the Sikh Gur&#363s. Gur&#363 N&#257nak came here during his travels to the eastern parts. Chaudhar&#299 K&#257l&#363 of this village became a follower and is said to have constructed a <i>b&#257ol&#299</i> in his honour. The second of the Sikh Gur&#363s to visit this village was Gur&#363 Hargobind. The local tradition places Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's visit during his last journey to Delhi, but it is more likely that he passed through this village in the course of one of his earlier travels across the area. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh was here in 1702 when he visited the shrines established here in memory of the earlier Gur&#363s. Bh&#257&#299 Udai Si&#7749gh, the ruler of Kaithal (d. 1843), got three <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> constructed in the same compound and made land grants for their maintenance. These simple structures were replaced by more elegant buildings during the early 1970's by Sant J&#299van Si&#7749gh of Pehov&#257. The three shrines are sometimes jointly called Trive&#7751&#299 S&#257hib. Two identical shrines in the northern and southern parts of the walled compound are dedicated to Gur&#363 N&#257nak and Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, respectively. Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749 is in the centre to the east, thus forming the apex of the triangle. The entire compound has a marble floor. The Gurdw&#257r&#257s are affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, but are for the present managed by the successors of Sant B&#257b&#257 J&#299van Si&#7749gh Sev&#257v&#257le.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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> <li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</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>