ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KHI&#256L&#256 KAL&#256&#7748</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="KHIL,KALD"> <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">&#65279KHI&#256L&#256 KAL&#256&#7748, a village 8 km north from M&#257ns&#257 (29º-59'N, 75º-23'E) in M&#257ns&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. As the Gur&#363 once arrived here, a Br&#257hma&#7751 peasant, just returned after ploughing his fields, waited on him. The Gur&#363 asked him to fetch some fire. He brought the fire and also a pitcher of milk. The milk was distributed among the Sikhs. The Gur&#363 blessed the Br&#257hma&#7751 saying, "Your pitchers will never be empty of milk." He also gave him a bronze bowl which is still preserved in the family as a sacred relic. According to local tradition, the villagers complained about the scarcity of drinking water. The Gur&#363 shot an arrow and said, "Dig where the arrow falls and plant a banyan tree there." The arrow flew over the village on to the other side. The Gur&#363 left the next morning; the villagers followed the instructions he had given and were amazed to strike sweet water on the site where his arrow had fallen. There are now three <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> in Khi&#257l&#257 Kal&#257&#7749 commemorating Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's visit.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 IX, locally called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mahant&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257, marking the site where Gujjar R&#257m, the Br&#257hma&#7751, had, according to his descendants, offered milk to the Gur&#363, is on the northern outskirts of the village. It comprises a square sanctum inside a brick paved rectangular hall, with a verandah in front. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, which owns 50 acres of land originally granted by the former rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 in whose domain Khi&#257l&#257 Kal&#257&#7749 lay, is under the control of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 BER S&#256HIB, close to Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mahant&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257, has been recently constructed around the <i>ber</i> tree under which Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had sat. It is a flat-roofed rectangular room in which the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated. The management is in hands of the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 T&#298RSAR MI&#7788&#7788H&#256 KH&#362H is near the well of sweet water (<i>mi&#7789&#7789h&#257 Kh&#363h</i> in Punjabi), dug by the villagers where the <i>t&#299r</i>, or arrow, shot by Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had fallen. The old well is still in use, but the Gurdw&#257r&#257 building has been constructed anew in recent years by the Niha&#7749gs of the Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 Dal, who administer it.</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 Guru T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Kankhal, 1975<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>