ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#362LOV&#256L</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="MjLOVL"> <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">&#65279M&#362LOV&#256L, a village 11 km west of Dh&#363r&#299 (30º-22'N, 75º-53'E) in Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who visited it in the course of one of his journeys through the M&#257lv&#257. According to Sikh chronicles, the Gur&#363 coming from R&#257jo M&#257jr&#257 stopped near the village well and asked for water. The villagers said that the water being brackish the well had fallen into disuse and offered to bring water from another place some distance away. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had the well uncovered and declared the water to be sweet. The well so sweetened is still in existence. The Gur&#363 persuaded the villagers to sink nine more wells. He encamped in a thicket about 200 metres west of the village where the people thronged to seek his blessing. But the village headman, Gond&#257, a worshipper of Sakh&#299 Sarwar, declined the benediction. He left the Gur&#363's presence, but when he reached home and told his wife what had happened, she chided him for his lack of gratitude to the Gur&#363 who had blessed the entire village. Gond&#257 recanted. He came back to the Gur&#363 and humbly solicited him for pardon. The Gur&#363 gave him his blessing.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the site where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had stopped, Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Naum&#299 was constructed in 1825 by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Karam Si&#7749gh (1798-1845) of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, who also made a land grant for its maintenance. Construction work on a new building commenced in 1944. The central hall, with the sanctum on the original site, was completed in the 1960's. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in the centre on domed platform of white marble with a gold-plated pinnacle mounted by an umbrella-like gold finial. There are decorative domed pavilions at the corners of the hall. The 80-metre square <i>sarovar</i> is outside the compound to the north of it.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gurdw&#257r&#257, though affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, is still managed by Mahant Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, a follower of Sant Atar Si&#7749gh of Mast&#363&#257&#7751&#257. It has 45 acres of land attached to it. In addition to daily services, the Gurdw&#257r&#257 runs classes for training young people in Sikh music and in the art of expounding the sacred texts. A three-day festival is held on 14, 15 and 16 Poh (28-30 December) every year following a tradition of recent origin that Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh had also visited the village on 15 Poh 1761 Bk/ 14 December 1705.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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, 1955<BR> <li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i> Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi </i> [Reprint]. Kankhal, 1975<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>