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<p class="C1">&#65279KARN&#256L (29º-42'N, 76º-59'E), a district town of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, situated along the historic Grand Trunk road, 123 km north of Delhi, is sacred to Gur&#363 N&#257nak. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib commemorates his visit to Karn&#257l in 1515 when he held a religious discourse with one Shai<u>kh</u> T&#257hir (referred to as &#7788a&#7789ihar in the <i>Val&#257yatv&#257l&#299 Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, which, however, places him in P&#257n&#299pat). The Gur&#363 pointed out that the practice of worshipping graves and tombs of holy men amounted to a breach of the injunctions of Islam. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur is also believed to have visited the shrine in 1670 during his journey from Delhi to Lakhnaur. R&#257j&#257 Gajpat Si&#7749gh of J&#299nd (1738-1789) had a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> raised on the site of the Mañj&#299 S&#257hib. An assembly hall on the first floor and the <i>la&#7749gar</i> and a two-storeyed concrete pavilion were added later.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is affiliated to Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, which administers it through a local committee.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Singh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR>
<li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, <i>Gi&#257n&#299, Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR>
<li class="C1"> N&#257nak Singh, <i>Gur T&#299rath Darshan</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR>
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