ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RA&#7750V&#256&#7748</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="RAFVD"> <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">&#65279RA&#7750V&#256&#7748, village in Fatehga&#7771h S&#257hib district, 15 km east of Samr&#257l&#257 (30º-48'N, 76º-12'E) in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district, is celebrated for the historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gobindga&#7771h S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VI and X. P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VI has been added to the name of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 only recently by inhabitants of the village in the belief that Gur&#363 Hargobind also passed through here while travelling after the battle of Mehr&#257j in 1634. Older accounts relate the shrine only to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who made a brief halt in the course of his journey back from Kurukshetra to Anandpur during 1702-03. T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Narotam relates it to the Tenth Gur&#363's outwards journey towards Kurukshetra and locates it at Sa&#7749ghol, a larger and older village a few kilometres to the east.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gurdw&#257r&#257 was constructed by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Karam Si&#7749gh of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 (1798-1845), who also made an endowment of 300 <i>bigh&#257s</i> of land. A line of hereditary <i>mahants</i> managed the shrine until it was acquired by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. The reconstruction of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 was commenced in the early sixties by Sant Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh of Jh&#257&#7771 S&#257hib, who died in 1965. Since then Sant Surj&#299t Si&#7749gh has been supervising the work. The present building is a magnificent six- storeyed structure. The main hall is 31-metre square with an eight-metre square sanctum in the middle of it. Above it on the first floor are octagonal domed pavilions at the corners and a square hall over the sanctum. There are three more storeys, with a dome at the top. The domes are surfaced with white glazed tile chips. The management of the shrine is in the hands of Sant Surj&#299t Si&#7749gh. The first of each Bikram&#299 month is observed as a festival.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299 <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [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>