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<p class="C1">&#65279PHATTE NA&#7748GAL, village near Dh&#257r&#299v&#257l (31º-57'N, 75º-19'E) in Gurd&#257spur district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine Gurdw&#257r&#257 Burj S&#257hib, marking  the spot where Gur&#363 Arjan, returning from a visit to B&#257b&#257 Sr&#299 Chand at B&#257ra&#7789h, stayed near what used to be a pond. The devotees, who flocked to see the Gur&#363, constructed, after his departure, a tower (<i>burj</i>, in Punjabi) of earthwork; hence the name of the shrine Gurdw&#257r&#257 Burj S&#257hib. The old tower was replaced by a small <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> built of burnt bricks during the last quarter of the ninesteenth century through the initiative of one Bh&#257&#299 Mahtab Si&#7749gh Aulakh, who looked after it for several years and was followed by cline of <i>mahants</i> until 1926, when the administration passed to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak  Committee. The old pond was lined and pavements constructed. A <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, now housing the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 High School, was added in 1945 and the central building, a square hall with a double-storeyed domed sanctum in the middle, was completed in 1962-63.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns about 40 acres of land and is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak  Committee. Largely attended gatherings take place on the last day of dark half of the month (<i>am&#257vasy&#257</i>) especially those falling during the lunar months of Chet and Bh&#257do&#7749. A day especially marked is the anniversary of the martyrdom of Gur&#363 Arjan which falls in May-June.</p>
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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>
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