ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PHAGG&#362V&#256L&#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="PHAGGjVL"> <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">&#65279PHAGG&#362V&#256L&#256, village l9 km east of Sa&#7749gr&#363r (30º-14'N, 75º-50'E) in the Punjab, has a historical shrine dedicated to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who halted here during one of his travels through the M&#257lv&#257 country. Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Naum&#299, to the south of the village, marks the site where the Gur&#363 had stayed. Phagg&#363v&#257l&#257 village did not exist at the time of the Gur&#363's visit. According to local tradition, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who coming from Bhav&#257n&#299ga&#7771h (30º-14'N,76º-3'E), 3 km to the east, was travelling westward, was served here by a Br&#257hma&#7751 working in the fields, who, after the Gur&#363's departure, built a platfrom which came to be worshipped as a sacred shrine. Later, a small <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was established in a mud but where an annual religious fair was held to celebrate the festival of Basant Pañcham&#299. The present building was constructed on the old site in the 1960's. It consists of a semi octagonal sanctum with a square hall in front of it. The sanctum has a domed-octagonal room above it. Besides the Gurdw&#257r&#257, the walled compound has within it rooms for pilgrims, Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, and a <i>sarovar</i>. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 14 acres of land and is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Special gatherings take place on the fifth day of the light half of each lunar month and on important anniversaries on the Sikh calendar.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Ak&#257l&#299 politician who belonged to this village made himself famous as J&#257g&#299r Si&#7749gh Phagg&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 (1899-1974) for his steadfast work for his party.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurushabad Ratan&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i>. Patiala, 1974<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>