ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PUSHKAR</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="PUSHKAR"> <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">&#65279PUSHKAR, a famous Hindu centre of pilgrimage, 13 km from Ajmer (26º-27&#8217N, 74º-42'E) in R&#257jasth&#257n is also sacred to the Sikhs for the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> dedicated to the First and Tenth Gur&#363s. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, situated in the eastern part of Pushkar is dedicated to the first Gur&#363 and is also known locally as Gur&#363 N&#257nak &#7693harams&#257l&#257. It is a double-storeyed flat-roof building consisting of a central room, surrounded by a verandah. There is no Sikh population at Pushkar. The <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> is managed by Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, Ajmer, through a <i>granth&#299</i> who is a Bañj&#257r&#257 Sikh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The site dedicated to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who visited Pushkar in 1706 is Gobind Gh&#257&#7789. A stone slab bearing the name Gobind Gh&#257&#7789 in Gurmukh&#299, Devan&#257gar&#299, Persian and Roman characters still exists at the base of a small cupola said to have been constructed during the brief Mar&#257&#7789h&#257 rule over this region after the fall of the Mu<u>gh</u>als. The Gur&#363 Granth Sah&#299b was recited daily by Nirmal&#257 priests in a room over the entrance gate of the Gh&#257&#7789. As the building subsequently changed hands, regular recitation of the Granth S&#257hib at the Gh&#257&#7789 stopped. But an old hand written copy of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is still kept by a Br&#257hma&#7751 priest who dons a turban and claims to be a direct descendant of Purohit Chetan D&#257s who had served Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh at the time of his visit. The priest still possesses a <i>hukamn&#257m&#257</i> written on <i>bhoj patra</i> believed to have been written by the Gur&#363 himself. It bears the date K&#257rtik <i>sud&#299</i> 15 Samvat 1762 Bk corresponding to AD 1705. He also has a <i>hukamn&#257m&#257</i> issued in the name of five <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> at Amritsar including Sr&#299 Ak&#257l Ta<u>kh</u>t S&#257hib bearing the date 24 Ass&#363, N&#257nak Sh&#257h&#299 <i>sammat</i> 429 (AD 1898).</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> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi </i>. Kankhal, 1975<BR> <li class="C1"> Johar, Surinder Singh, <i>The Sikh Gurus and Their Shrines </i>. Delhi, 1976<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>