ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAM&#256DH BH&#256&#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="SAMDH,BH*"> <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">&#65279SAM&#256DH BH&#256&#298, commonly called Bh&#257&#299 k&#299 Sam&#257dh, a village 36 km south of Mog&#257 (30º-48'N, 75º-10'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district, has a historical shrine dedicated to Gur&#363 Hargobind, who visited the place in the course of a journey across the M&#257lv&#257 region. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is a large rectangular hall with the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib seated in a square sanctum inside it. Two-storeys of square pavilions with a lotus dome on top rise above the sanctum. A large <i>sarovar</i>, rectangular in shape, is outside the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> compound. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjacent to the Gurdw&#257r&#257 is an octagonal domed structure, the <i>sam&#257dh</i> of Bh&#257&#299 R&#363p Chand (1613-1709), an eminent pious Sikh of his times. From this monument the village derives its name.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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> <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"> Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, <i>Historical Sikh Shrines</i>. Amritsar, 1995<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>