ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SANDHV&#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="SANDHVD"> <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">&#65279SANDHV&#256&#7748, village 13 km northeast of Phagw&#257&#7771&#257 (31º-14'N, 75º-46'E), in Naw&#257nshahr district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine dedicated to Gur&#363 Har R&#257i (1630-61), who passed through here while on his way from Kart&#257rpur to K&#299ratpur. The shrine, called Gurdw&#257r&#257 &#7692a&#7751&#7693&#257 S&#257hib Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Har R&#257i S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VII, marks the site, about 300 metres to the west of the old village, where the Gur&#363 is believed to have stopped awhile to meet the waiting <i>sa&#7749gat</i>. According to local tradition, the Gur&#363 stuck his walking staff (<i>&#7692a&#7751&#7693&#257</i>, in Punjabi, hence the name of the Gurdw&#257r&#257) in the soft soil which later sprouted into a tree. The dried trunk of the tree stands inside a square hall which has in its middle the sanctum. The present building was constructed during the 1960's replacing the small old domed <i>mañj&#299 s&#257hib</i>. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by the village <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Guru 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> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>