ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PARIV&#256R VICHHO&#7770&#256 GURDW&#256R&#256</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="PARIVR,VICHHOZ,GURDWR"> <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">&#65279PARIV&#256R VICHHO&#7770&#256, GURDW&#256R&#256, situated on the north bank of the rivulet Sars&#257, about 12 km north of Ropa&#7771 (30º-58'N, 76º-31'E) in the Punjab, signifies the tragic happenings that followed the evacuation of Anandpur by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. &#8216Pariv&#257r Vichho&#7771a' literally means &#8216dispersal of the family'. When after the evacuation of Anandpur during the night of 5-6 December 1705, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh arrived at this place with the enemy host in hot pursuit, he found Sars&#257 in spate. A minor seasonal tributary of the Sutlej, Sars&#257, being close to the Siv&#257lik foothills, is subject to sudden flooding during the rains. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh decided to split the column into two. While a part of the force was to engage the enemy, the others were to get across the river as best they could. The Gur&#363, along with his four sons, the ladies of the household and about 150 followers, reached the other bank of the angry stream, but several others and the entire baggage train were washed away in the flood. Meanwhile, the rearguard kept the host in check. Many died; the survivors, sure of the Gur&#363's safety, made good their escape in different directions.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Though safe across the river, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's family could no longer keep together. He himself with his two elder sons and 40 Sikhs went towards Chamkaur; his two wives, escorted by a few Sikhs, reached Delhi, while his aged mother and two younger sons were escorted by a servant, Ga&#7749g&#363 by name, to his village near Mori&#7751&#7693&#257 where he betrayed them.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gurdw&#257r&#257 Pariv&#257r Vichho&#7771a S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10 is an elegant four-storeyed building on top of a high pyramidal base riveted all around with stones, about 300 metres away from the Sars&#257 bank. It was completed in the 1970's. The room where the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated is about 15 metres above the ground level. This room, on the second storey, has a mosaic floor and its walls and ceiling are profusely painted in multi-coloured designs. There is a domed pavilion above it, with decorative cupolas at the corners. There are two rows of rooms at ground level near by for Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and for residential purposes. Human bones, <i>ka&#7771&#257s</i> and weapons, said to have been discovered at the site during the excavation for foundation laying, have been preserved for display in the Gurdw&#257r&#257.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sant Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh of Niholk&#257 who supervised the construction of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 continues to manage the administration. An annual fair is held on 1 Poh (mid-December).</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> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint], Patiala 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Kuir Singh, <i>Gurbil&#257s Patshahi l0</i>. ed. Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok. Patiala,1968<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>