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<p class="C1">&#65279MA&#7788&#7788AN, an old town 4 km east of Anantn&#257g (33º-44'N, 75º-13'E) in Kashm&#299r, is sacred to Gur&#363 N&#257nak, who visited the valley during his journey to the north at the beginning of the sixteenth century. According  to the <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, he held a long discourse with a learned Br&#257hma&#7751, Brahm D&#257s, who turned a disciple. As local tradition holds, this discourse was held at Ma&#7789&#7789an under a <i>chin&#257r</i> tree (<i>Palatanus orientalis</i>) which still stands in the precincts of the shrine established to commemorate the Gur&#363's visit and now known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 N&#257naksar P&#257tsh&#257h&#299  Pahil&#299. The present building of the shrine raised during the 1890's replacing the older one constructed by Sard&#257r Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257 of Sikh times, comprises a rectangular hall, with the sanctum at the far end. A separate room to the north of the central building serves as Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is affiliated to the Jamm&#363 and Kashm&#299r Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Board and is managed through its district unit. An old hand-written <i>b&#299&#7771</i> or copy of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib containing 732 folios is preserved in the Gurdw&#257r&#257.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> V&#299r Singh Bh&#257&#299, ed., <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1982<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<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</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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