ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>N&#256RL&#298</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="NRL*"> <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&#256RL&#298, village barely one kilometre from the Indo-Pakistan border in Amritsar district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib which commemorates one of the <i>m&#257ñj&#299s</i> or preaching centres established by Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s (1479-1574). The first preacher appointed here by the Gur&#363 was Bh&#257&#299 M&#257&#299 D&#257s, a Vais&#7751avite recluse converted to Sikhism. The present building constructed by the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i> during the 1950's comprises a domed sanctum within a small <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall. An old well and an old cot (mañj&#299, in Punjabi) are believed to have existed here since the time of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. The shrine is administered by a local committee under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol 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> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>