ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MAN&#298 M&#256JR&#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="MAN*,MJR"> <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">&#65279MAN&#298 M&#256JR&#256 is an old town, 2 km east of Cha&#7751&#7693&#299ga&#7771h (30º-44'N, 76º-47'E). After the death of B&#257b&#257 R&#257m R&#257i at Dehr&#257 D&#363n in 1687, one of his wives, M&#257t&#257 R&#257j Kaur, settled in Man&#299 M&#257jr&#257. The following year, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh returning from P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 S&#257hib to Anandpur S&#257hib, came here on Maghar <i>vad&#299</i> 10, 1745 Bk/ November 1688, to call on her. What is now known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 M&#257ñj&#299 S&#257hib was the residence of M&#257t&#257 R&#257j Kaur, expanded later by the members of the R&#257m R&#257&#299&#257 sect who were maintaining it until the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee took it over.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; M&#257t&#257 R&#257j Kaur was a pious lady credited with spiritual powers. It is said that, once during the rains, a rafter in the roof of her house gave way. She requested one Bh&#257r Mall, a wealthy man of the village, to provide timber of suitable length, but he refused. <u>Gh</u>ar&#299b&#363, a poor peasant, at once felled a tree and brought the log to support the roof. M&#257t&#257 R&#257j Kaur said that he would be a <i>r&#257j&#257</i>. It so happened that whereas Bh&#257r Mall's fortunes declined, <u>Gh</u>ar&#299b&#363 prospered. He lived to be an old man and, after the fall of Sirhind to the Sikhs in 1764, he became master of Man&#299 M&#257jr&#257 and 48 other villages. His son and successor, Gop&#257l Si&#7749gh, was given the title of R&#257j&#257 by the British government.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gurdw&#257r&#257 M&#257ñj&#299 S&#257hib is in the interior of the town, near the fort. The sanctum, where the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is now seated has a lotus dome on top with a pavilion in front. A narrow lane leads to the <i>sam&#257dh</i> of M&#257t&#257 R&#257j Kaur near by.</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> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<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>