ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#256&#298SAR KH&#256N&#256</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="M*SAR,KHN"> <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">&#65279M&#256&#298SAR KH&#256N&#256, an old village 10 km west of Mau&#7771 Kal&#257&#7749 (30º-4'N, 75º-14'E) in the Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who, during his travels in these parts, made a brief halt here by the side of a small pool, called M&#257&#299sar. To mark the spot where the Gur&#363 had alighted from his horse, Sikhs raised a platform over which a Gurdw&#257r&#257 was later constructed. The present Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Nauv&#299&#7749, built in the 1970's still preserves the old platform in the basement. Over it stands the sanctum within a square hall, with a verandah on three sides. The building is topped by a pinnacled lotus dome. The old pool is still there. It was subsequently called Tittarsar in the belief that the Gur&#363 had granted liberation to a <i>tittar</i>, partridge, here. But now a separate Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tittarsar has come up 2 km to the southeast of the village. It is dedicated to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Nauv&#299&#7749, as the shrine inside the village is called, owns 12 acres of land and is administered by a local committee under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</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> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>, Kankhal, I975<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>