ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KUR&#256L&#298 (30º-48'N, 76º-35'E)</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="KURL*"> <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">&#65279KUR&#256L&#298 (30º-48'N, 76º-35'E), a town in Ropa&#7771 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind, who halted here on his way back from Kurukshetra to K&#299ratpur in 1638. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Hargobindga&#7771h S&#257hib commemorates his visit. Initially, a platform and a modest hut marked the site. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 now is a flat-roofed assembly hall, with decorative domed pavilions at the corners. The management is in the hands of the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</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> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur Yatr&#257 Asth&#257n, Pramaprav&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinn</i>. Patiala, 1976<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>