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<p class="C1">&#65279KOL&#256YAT, popularly pronounced Kulait, a town 52 km southwest of Bik&#257ner (28º-04'N, 73º-21'E), is famous for a temple dedicated to Kapila Mun&#299, an ancient Hindu sage to whom the S&#257&#7749khya system of philosophy is attributed. According to Sikh chroniclers, Gur&#363 N&#257nak visited Kol&#257yat. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, at the time of his travels through R&#257jasth&#257n, is said to have stayed here for twelve days. Here Bh&#257&#299 Day&#257 Si&#7749gh and Bh&#257&#299 Dharam Si&#7749gh, who had been to Ahmadnagar to deliver to Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b the <i>Zafarn&#257mah</i>, the Gur&#363's letter in Persian verse, rejoined him. However, no Sikh shrine existed here until 1968 when some Sikh residents of the area, led by a Sikh colonizer of Kol&#257yat, acquired a plot of land and constructed a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> is a modest one-room building with a paved platform all around it. Sikh settlers of the surrounding area gather to celebrate Gur&#363 N&#257nak's birth anniversary on the full-moon day of K&#257rtik (October-November) every year.</p>
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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>
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