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<p class="C1">&#65279LA&#7748GAR SI&#7748GH, B&#256B&#256, an eighteenth-century Nirmal&#257 saint, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Parsh&#257d&#257 Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Val&#7789oh&#299, a devout Sikh couple contemporary with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708) and living at Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257 (30º-35'N, 74º-49'E) now in Far&#299dko&#7789  district of the Punjab. The names Parsh&#257d&#257 (lit. bread or meal), Val&#7789oh&#299 (lit. kettle) and La&#7749gar (lit. food, meal, kitchen), it is said, were given them by the people for their warm hospitality. La&#7749gar Si&#7749gh after his education at Anandpur under Bh&#257&#299 Kesar Si&#7749gh, who had been a student of Bh&#257&#299 Karam Si&#7749gh, one of the five Sikhs sent by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh to V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299 to study Sanskrit, settled down at Har&#299ke Kal&#257&#7749, a village 18 km east of Muktsar, where he established a <i>&#7693er&#257</i> or seminary to teach Sikh texts and tenets. His disciple, Mahant Nikk&#257 Si&#7749gh, founded five other <i>&#7693er&#257s</i>, one each at Barn&#257l&#257, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, M&#257lerko&#7789l&#257, R&#257iko&#7789 and Jagr&#257o&#7749. According to Gi&#257n&#299 Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>, it was B&#257b&#257 La&#7749gar Si&#7749gh who identified, for raising commemorative shrines, the various spots connected with the battle of Khidr&#257&#7751&#257 (Muktsar). The famous M&#257gh&#299 fair of Muktsar also owed its origin to his initiative. B&#257b&#257 La&#7749gar Si&#7749gh died after a brief illness at Amritsar where he had gone on pilgrimage. His <i>sam&#257dh</i> or memorial shrine is at Harike Kal&#257&#7749 where his place of residence still houses a Nirmal&#257 school.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Ganesh&#257 Si&#7749gh, Mahant, <i>Nirmal Bh&#363shan arth&#257t ltih&#257s Nirmal Bhekh</i>. Amritsar, 1994 Bk<BR>
<li class="C1"> Di&#257l Si&#7749gh, Mahant, <i>Nirmal Panth Darshan</i>. Delhi, 1965<BR>
<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>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR>
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