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<p class="C1">&#65279MAU&#7770 KAL&#256&#7748 (30º-4'N, 75º-14'E), 35 km southeast of Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 in the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur Darb&#257r S&#257hib, situated on the northern outskirts of the old village, now a part of the town. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur came here from Bh&#299kh&#299 and Khial&#257. As he looked around for a resting-place, he saw a large <i>ja&#7751&#7693</i> tree (<i>Prosopis spicigera</i>) in the middle of an unoccupied enclosure. This he considered an appropriate spot and asked for the gate to be opened. The headman of the village warned him : "Honoured Master, the place is haunted. No man, horse, buffalo or cow takes shelter under that tree but dies." The Gur&#363 said, "The demon will disappear." But the villagers persisted. "Only two days ago," they said, "a boy died under that tree. He was killed by the evil spirit." The Gur&#363 spoke again : "We shall drive away the demon." He lodged under that very tree. According to local tradition, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur stayed here for several days. No harm came to him or to his Sikhs. The people believed in the Gur&#363 and served him with diligence. After the Gur&#363 had left, they continued to treat the site with reverence and constructed a memorial. A <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was established by a Niha&#7749g during the nineteenth century. The rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, of whose dominions Mau&#7771 Kal&#257&#7749 formed a part, endowed it with 100 acres of land and the possession passed to a line of <i>mahants</i>. As the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement got under way, a committee formed by the villagers of that area took over the shrine on 14 Maghar 1980 Bk/28 November 1923. But the administration broke down after a few years and, in 1937, the Gurdw&#257r&#257 was handed over to a <i>mahant</i>, Vary&#257m Si&#7749gh, whose successors still control it. A double-storeyed domed sanctum by the side of the old shrine was constructed in 1968 and a flat-roofed <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, with a basement, in 1977. Besides the daily services, all major Sikh anniversaries are observed with special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i>. The Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, on the first floor of the mahants' house, is open throughout the day.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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>
<li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Kankhal, 1975<BR>
<li class="C1"> Atar Si&#7749gh, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1950<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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