ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MUN&#298ARPUR</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="MUN*ARPUR"> <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">&#65279MUN&#298ARPUR, a small village in Kurukshetra district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, 13 km east of Th&#257nesar (29º-58'N, 76º-50'E) is sacred to the memory of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who stayed here for a night while on his way from Kurukshetra to &#7693u&#7693&#7693h&#299 and Ban&#299 Badarpur. A low platfrom was erected on the site where the Gur&#363 had encamped outside the village. It was replaced by a modern Gurdw&#257r&#257 constructed in 1959-60 by Sikhs of the surrounding villages, there being few Sikh families in Mun&#299arpur itself. Located inside a walled compound, the Gurdw&#257r&#257 has a small <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall with a sanctum on which the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a glass-panelled <i>p&#257lak&#299</i>. The shrine is managed by a local committee. Devotees from the neighbouring villages gather on <i>am&#257vasy&#257</i>, the last day of the dark half of the month, when <i>k&#299rtan</i> and community meals take place.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Par&#257mparav&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinh</i>. Patiala, 1976<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>