ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>R&#256ME&#256&#7750&#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="RMEF"> <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&#256ME&#256&#7750&#256, village 10 km west of Jaito (30º-26'N, 74º-53'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who visited here in December 1705 on his way to Khidr&#257&#7751a, now Muktsar. As the Gur&#363 reached the village, he, according to <i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, saw a man plucking <i>&#7693ele</i>, raw berries of <i>kar&#299r</i> tree (<i>Capparis aphylla</i>) commonly used for making pickles, and took a few of them from him. Tasting one and finding it bitter, he told the man to throw away what he had collected. The man reluctantly threw down a few of the berries. He cast off some more at the Gur&#363's bidding and some still more as he repeated his words again, pleading each time that he must save a few for his children. "I wanted him to throw away famine and poverty, but he keeps clutching at these," remarked Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh as he rode on.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 X at R&#257me&#257&#7751&#257 at the southwestern edge of the village commemorates Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's visit. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on the first floor of a double-storey building. In front of the main building is a small <i>sarovar</i>. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is endowed with 22 acres of land and is administered by a local committtee under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 l0</i>, ed. Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok. Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<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"> 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"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<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>