ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>N&#256&#7692&#256 S&#256HIB</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="N ,SHIB"> <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">&#65279N&#256&#7692&#256 S&#256HIB, Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Dasvin, situated at the end of a narrow spur of soft sandy rocks of the &#346iv&#257lik foothills, on the left bank of the river Ghaggar, about 10 km east of Cha&#7751&#7693&#299ga&#7771h (30º-44'N, 76º-46'E), commemorates the visit of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who halted here while travelling from P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 S&#257hib to Anandpur after the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 in 1688. One N&#257&#7693&#363 Sh&#257h Lub&#257&#7751&#257 of the adjoining village served him and his followers with food and milk. The place remained obscure until one Bh&#257&#299 Mo&#7789h&#257 Si&#7749gh, who belonged to a village near by, discovered the sacred spot and raised a platform to perpetuate the memory of the Gur&#363's visit. Nothing more is known of the devout Mo&#7789h&#257 Si&#7749gh nor of the date of the establishment of the Mañj&#299 S&#257hib, except that the shrine was under the Dharmarth Board of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 and East Punjab States Union in 1948 and was taken over by the Shiroman&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee after the merger of the state with the Punjab in 1956. Since then several new buildings have been constructed. The original Mañj&#299 S&#257hib has been replaced by a double-storeyed domed structure, with a large rectangular meeting hall adjacent to it. A spacious brick-paved courtyard separates these buildings from the complex comprising the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and rooms for pilgrims. The holy flag flies atop a 105 feet high staff on one side of the courtyard, near the site of the old shrine. The full moon day every month is celebrated as a festive occasion attended by a large number of people from the surrounding villages and towns. Religious gatherings and community meals take place. The management is now entrusted to a local committee which also administers Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib at Pinjore.</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, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i> Sr&#299 Guru T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi </i>. 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>