ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MANS&#362RPUR</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="MANSjRPUR"> <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">&#65279MANS&#362RPUR, now commonly called Chhi&#7751&#7789&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 because of its once-famous chintz-printing industry, is a historical old village, l4 km west of N&#257bh&#257 (30º-22'N, 76º-9'E) in Pati&#257l&#257 district. Gur&#363 N&#257nak once visited the place and put up with a follower, Chandan D&#257s, a J&#257&#7771&#257 Khatr&#299. A shrine was later established in the room on the first floor (<i>chaub&#257r&#257</i>) where the Gur&#363 had stayed. Although the building later collapsed, the shrine continued to be called and is still known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Chaub&#257r&#257 S&#257hib. It is situated in a half-acre compound still called J&#257&#7771i&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299 Havel&#299, or the mansion of the J&#257&#7771&#257s. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 has been reconstructed in recent decades but the old compound walls and a number of rooms along it still stand. Only the ground floor of the central building has been completed. It is a 16-metre square hall with a 6-metre square sanctum in the middle. It is managed by a village committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Guru T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Kankhal, 1975.<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 [Reprint] </i>. 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>