ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KARH&#256L&#298</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="KARHL*"> <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&#256L&#298, a village 20 km south of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, has a historical shrine called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Karh&#257l&#299 S&#257hib, comrnemorating the stay here of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur during one of his travels through the M&#257lv&#257 region. According to local tradition, Gur&#363 Hargobind had also visited the site while on his way to Kurukshetra. The present building, a 6-metre square sanctum with a 6-metre wide verandah around it, within a high walled compound was constructed by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Karam Si&#7749gh (1798-1845) of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. It has now a mosaic floor. Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and a row of residential rooms are also within the compound. The small <i>sarovar</i> outside the compound has been added during recent decades. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 35 acres of land. It is managed by a local committee under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Largely attended gatherings take place on the fifth of the light half of every lunar month.</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>