ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KID&#256R&#256 BH&#256&#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="KIDR,BH*"> <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">&#65279KID&#256R&#256, BH&#256&#298, an inhabitant of the village of Maddar, now in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district of Pakistan, was a devout Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Arjan. He was, according to the tradition preserved in his village, miraculously cured of a wasting disease. The story was, as says Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, related by one Bh&#257&#299 M&#257&#7751ik of Maddar to Gur&#363 Hargobind at the time of his visit to the village while returning from Kashm&#299r around 1620. Gur&#363 Hargobind was told that Gur&#363 Arjan had once visited the village and Bh&#257&#299 Kid&#257r&#257 was one of the local Sikhs who came to offer obeisance. Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s discovered that he had a swollen and festering neck. Bh&#257&#299 Kid&#257r&#257 told him that he had long been suffering from scrofula which had not responded to any treatment, and that despaired of recovery, he had given up having any treatment. On Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s' suggestion, Bh&#257&#299 Kid&#257r&#257 took hold of one of the shoes of the sleeping Gur&#363 and rubbed it around his neck. The disesase, continues <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, disappeared. As Gur&#363 Arjan awoke he pushed his pair of shoes with his walking stick towards Bh&#257&#299 Kid&#257r&#257 and bestowed both the shoes and the stick on him. The relics were preserved in the village. The story is also contained in an earlier source, <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>