ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RAU&#7750&#298</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="RAUF*"> <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">&#65279RAU&#7750&#298, village 22 km southwest of Khann&#257 (30º-42'N, 76º-13'E) in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sri Gur&#363 Hargobind S&#257hib, commemorating the visit of Gur&#363 Hargobind. Foundation of the present building, which replaced an old memorial platform, was laid on 11 Maghar 1976 Bk/ 25 November 1919. Standing on a metre-high paved platform, it consists of a sanctum in the middle of a 17-metre square hall with verandah around it. Above the sanctum is a square room topped by a domed pavilion having a gold-plated pinnacle and a <i>kha&#7751&#7693&#257</i> as finial. There are decorative domed kiosks at the corners of the verandah. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 stands in the centre of a one acre compound entered through a gateway with an elongated dome above it. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 managed by the village sa&#7749gat provides accommodation for pilgrims as well as for a high school run by government.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>