ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>LAKH&#298SAR</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="LAKH*SAR"> <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">&#65279LAKH&#298SAR, a small habitation in the neighbourhood of Goni&#257&#7751&#257 Ma&#7751&#7693&#299 (30º-18'N, 74º-54'E) in Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, is famous for the historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Lakkh&#299 Ja&#7749gal, raised in honour of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. According to Sikh tradition, the name Lakkh&#299 Ja&#7749gal was given this semi-desert tract by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who passed through here on his way from Muktsar to Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo early in 1706. As says the anonymous chronicle, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, the Gur&#363 stayed here for three days. Bh&#257&#299, D&#257n Si&#7749gh, a devoted disciple from the Bra&#7771 clan and whose own village D&#257nsi&#7749ghv&#257l&#257 lay only 6 km to the northwest of where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh had halted, supplied provisions for Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. The old building of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Lakkh&#299 Ja&#7749gal, constructed and endowed by R&#257j&#257 Harindar Si&#7749gh (1915-89) of Far&#299dko&#7789 state, has since been replaced by a bigger hall, with a square flat-roofed sanctum in the middle. The <i>sarovar</i>, also constructed by the Far&#299dko&#7789 ruler, is close by. Special gatherings take place every month to mark the full-moon day.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol 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> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>