ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SADH&#256R</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="SADHR"> <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">&#65279SADH&#256R, village in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district, 20 km north of R&#257iko&#7789 (30º-39'N, 75º-37'E), claims a historical shrine,Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Hargobind S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749 Gur&#363 Sar, popularly designated Gur&#363 Sar Sadh&#257r. Gur&#363 Hargobind made a brief halt here during one of his tours of M&#257lv&#257 country. According to local tradition, it was here that R&#257i Jodh of K&#257&#7749ga&#7771 village met Gur&#363 Hargobind, though there are some historical accounts which place this meeting in Bh&#257&#299 R&#363p&#257. R&#257i Jodh was a follower of Sa<u>kh</u>&#299 Sarwar, but his wife came of a Sikh family. On her persuasion, he came to call on the Gur&#363. R&#257i Jodh turned a devout Sikh. Likewise, it is believed that at Sadh&#257r a rich horse trader from K&#257bul, K&#257ro&#7771&#299 by name, met Gur&#363 Hargobind and told him how he had been robbed by the Mu<u>gh</u>al governor at Lahore of the two horses of excellent merit and beauty he was bringing as an offering for him. Bh&#257&#299 Bidh&#299 Chand later recovered these horses one by one.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The construction of the present building at Gur&#363 Sar Sadh&#257r commenced in March 1956 and was completed in June 1962. It is a rectangular hall enclosing within it a square <i>prak&#257sh asth&#257n</i>, over which there is a domed room. Inside, the hall has a gallery at mid-height. The small <i>sarovar</i>, Gur&#363 Sar, adjoining the hall was reconstructed in 1964. The Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and residential suites are across a paved courtyard to the right as one enters. On the left are <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 High School and the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College of Education. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In a private house inside Sadh&#257r village, pieces of a pair of shoes are preserved as a relic. It is said that Gur&#363 Hargobind, pleased at the devotion of one Bh&#257&#299 Javand&#257 who went about barefoot, gave him a pair of shoes. Bh&#257&#299 Javand&#257, however, instead of putting it on placed it reverentially on his head. The gift was preserved by his descendants as a holy relic till someone in the family once used it. The elders, indignant at the sacrilegious act, cut the shoes into pieces so that no other person could use them again.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<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>