ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MAL&#362K&#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="MALjK"> <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">&#65279MAL&#362K&#256, village in Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, 18 km east of Jaito (30º-26'N, 74º-53'E), is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who stopped here briefly travelling in the country in December 1705. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tar&#363&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 X is situated one kilometre east of the village marking the site where the Gur&#363 is said to have camped. According to <i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, a <i>s&#257dh&#363</i> of the Div&#257n&#257 order of mendicants came very early in the morning to meet the Gur&#363, and, despite protestation by the Sikh on duty that the Gur&#363 was then sitting in meditation and was not to be disturbed, he tried to force his entry into the tent. The Div&#257n&#257 <i>s&#257dh&#363</i> who had received a sword thrust as the Sikh tried to stop him, humbly requested at day-break for a glimpse of the Gur&#363. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, says the <i>S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, had him ushered in and blessed him before he succumbed to the injury he had sustained. The present building of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 constructed in 1952, comprises a hall, with a square sanctum at the far end and a veranda on three sides. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 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"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1950<BR> <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> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>