ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>R&#256J MAHAL (25º-2'N, 87º-47'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="RJ,MAHAL"> <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">&#65279R&#256J MAHAL (25º-2'N, 87º-47'E), a small town on the right bank of the River Ga&#7749g&#257, in Santh&#257l Pargan&#257 district of Bih&#257r, was visited by Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur in the course of his journey through the eastern districts in 1666. According to Sikh chronicles, R&#257j Mahal had been visited by Gur&#363 N&#257nak early in the sixteenth century. A N&#257nakpanth&#299 <i>sa&#7749gat</i> had come into existence here. Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#363, a prominent Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Hargobind, belonged to R&#257j Mahal. At present, however, there are no Sikh inhabitants. An Ud&#257s&#299 monastery, called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ud&#257s&#299n, still exists, but the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is not installed in the building, nor is the Sikh worship practised.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 [Reprint) Patiala, 1970<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>