ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PHAGW&#256&#7770&#256 (31º-14'N, 75º-46'E)</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="PHAGWZ"> <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">&#65279PHAGW&#256&#7770&#256 (31º-14'N, 75º-46'E), an industrial town along the Sher Sh&#257h S&#363r&#299 M&#257rg (Grand Trunk Road) in Kap&#363rthal&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind, who passed through here on his way to K&#299ratpur after the battle of Kart&#257rpur (AD 1635). Two historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> within the limits of the town commemorate the Gur&#363's visit.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 CHHEV&#298&#7748 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 is located in the interior of the town. The old building now forms a basement under a newly constructed high-ceilinged <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, with a square sanctum at the far end. Above the sanctum there are three storeys of rooms topped by a lotus dome. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is also seated in the basement, in one of the cubicles which marks the site of the old <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. A room across the compound is reserved for akha&#7751&#7693 p&#257ths, or uninterrupted recitals of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. The shrine is managed by a local committee under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. One of the important annual festivals is the birth anniversary of Gur&#363 Hargobind which comes off in the month of June.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 SR&#298 SUKHCHAIN&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB, 3 km to the east of the town, is dedicated to Gur&#363 Hargobind and Gur&#363 Har R&#257i. Gur&#363 Har R&#257i also stayed on this site during one of his journeys between K&#299ratpur and Kart&#257rpur. The present building (corner stone laid on 15 July 1950) is a spacious hall, with the sanctum at the far end. There is a domed square pavilion over the sanctum above the hall roof. The Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, a row of residential rooms, an educational wing, which houses the local <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College, and a <i>sarovar</i> in the vicinity, complete the complex. The shrine is administered by the same committee as manages the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299. Gatherings which take on new moon days attract large numbers of devotees. The major annual festival is Bais&#257kh&#299 which is observed as the Birthday of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurushabad Ratan&#257kar Mah&#257&#7749 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>