ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SI&#256&#7750&#256 SAYYID&#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="SIF,SAYYIDD"> <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">&#65279SI&#256&#7750&#256 SAYYID&#256&#7748, a village in Kurukshetra district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257 5 km from Pehow&#257 (29º-59'N, 76º-35'E), is the birthplace of Sayyid Sh&#257h Bh&#299kh or Bh&#299khan Sh&#257h, a Muslim saint, who guided by intuition and divine inspiration, had gone to pay obeisance to the child Gobind at Lakhnaur in 1670. There are two historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> in this village.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 DAMDAM&#256 S&#256HIB. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh had not forgotten this elderly devotee, and, when he visited Kurukshetra and Pehow&#257 in 1702, he detoured into this village and halted there for a night. The site where he had encamped is now marked by Gurdw&#257r&#257 Damdam&#257 S&#257hib. The present building was raised during the 1960's by Sant B&#257b&#257 J&#299van Si&#7749gh. It is located inside a walled compound and has a hall, with a white marble canopied platform for the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib in the middle of it. The facade of the hall is covered with marble tiles and the entire compound has a marble floor. The ribbed lotus dome above the central pavilion on the first floor has also a white marble pinnacle. The <i>kha&#7751&#7693&#257</i> on top of the flagmast is gold-plated. Another walled compound nearby has rooms for the <i>granth&#299</i> and for the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. The Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee manages the shrine through the committee which looks after Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257ol&#299 S&#257hib at Pehow&#257.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 JO&#7770&#256 S&#256HIB. The descendants of Bh&#257&#299 Jha&#7751&#7693&#257, one of Gur&#363 N&#257nak&#8217s disciples, were also living in this village following a carpenter's trade. They came to pay homage and took the Gur&#363 to their house. One of them presented him with a pair of wooden sandals. The Gur&#363 was pleased and not only accepted the present but also left his own pair of shoes <i>jo&#7771&#257</i>, in Punjabi) in the house. This family is no longer living in Si&#257&#7751&#257, but the Gur&#363's shoes, embriodered in red and white silk thread, are still kept reverentially in a glass case at the Gurdw&#257r&#257 inside the village known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Jo&#7771&#257 (lit. pair; pair of shoes) S&#257hib.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is a single flat-roofed room, housing the holy relic as well as the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is administered 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 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"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<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>