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<p class="C1">&#65279SI&#256&#7770H, village 14 km southeast of Ma&#7751&#7693&#299 Ahmadga&#7771h (30º-42'N, 75º-51'E), in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363sar P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749. It is said that as Gur&#363 Hargobind was moving from R&#257&#7771&#257 towards Jage&#7771&#257, his horse suddenly became so sick that the Gur&#363 had to break his journey in a thicket near this village. The horse soon died. The Gur&#363 had the animal covered with a costly shroud and buried. According to local tradition, two greedy residents of Si&#257&#7771h, who had witnessed the burial, dug up the grave after the Gur&#363's departure, removed the shroud, and sold it. Misfortune befell the miscreants. The villagers began to treat the spot as a holy place. They built a <i>sam&#257dh</i> over the horse's grave and a platform where Gur&#363 Hargobi&#7749d had sat. In course of time, this platform gave place to a simple hut attended by stray s&#257dh&#363s. In 1975 Bk/AD 1918, one Bh&#257&#299 &#7788ahil Si&#7749gh established a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. To the square domed sanctum have recently been added a hall and a small <i>sarovar</i>. The shrine though affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee as one unscheduled <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>, is managed by a village committee. Besides the principal Sikh anniversaries, the birthday of Gur&#363 Hargobind is celebrated with special eclat.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Gurmukh Singh, <i>Historical Sikh Shrines</i>. Amritsar, 1995<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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