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<p class="C1">&#65279MANM&#256&#7692 (20º-10'N, 74º-28'E), is a small town in the N&#257sik district of Mah&#257r&#257sh&#7789ra. It is a railway junction on the Central Railway, 260 km northeast of Bombay to which it is also connected by road, via Chandor and Deol&#257l&#299. Pilgrims from the north coming to visit the Sikh shrines at N&#257nde&#7693 change trains here. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Guptsar S&#257hib was built at Manm&#257&#7693 by Sant B&#257b&#257 Nidh&#257n Singh in 1931, primarily for the pilgrims visiting N&#257nde&#7693. Tradition has grown over the years connecting the site with story of two Mar&#257&#7789h&#257 chiefs, B&#257l&#257 R&#257o and Rustam R&#257o, of Jinv&#257&#7693&#257 near Bidar, whose release from Sat&#257r&#257 is said to have been secured miraculously by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh during the latter's stay at N&#257nde&#7693.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Gurdw&#257r&#257 compound is entered through a simple double-storeyed gateway. To the left of the courtyard is the large <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, with a platform for the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib in the eastern part of it. The three-storeyed building has a central dome on top and smaller decorative domes at the corners. The walls of the hall are lined with white marble slabs with grey streaks up to mid- height. The walls further up are inlaid with multi-coloured glass pieces and reflecting mirrors arranged in geometrical patterns. The roof of the hall is made up of glazed tiles in different shades and the floor is paved with marble. Religious services are held morning and evening and the <i>la&#7749gar</i> is open almost all day and night. Pilgrims visit in large numbers at the time of Dussehr&#257 and Hol&#257 Mahall&#257 festivals.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Sahi, Joginder Singh, <i>Sikh Shrines in India and Abroad</i>. Faridabad, 1978<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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