ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>TAR&#256O&#7770&#298 (29º-48'N, 76º-56'E)</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="TAROZ*"> <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">&#65279TAR&#256O&#7770&#298 (29º-48'N, 76º-56'E), also pronounced Tar&#257v&#7771i, is an old walled town 12 km north of Karn&#257l in Hary&#257&#7751&#257. It claims a historical Sikh shrine known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#299sgañj P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 N&#257v&#299&#7749. After the martyrdom of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur at Delhi on Maghar <i>sud&#299</i> 5, 1732Bk/11 November 1675, his severed head was carried to Anandpur by a Sikh named Jait&#257. At Tar&#257o&#7771&#299, on the Grand Trunk road, Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257, who was travelling incognito, met one Dev&#257 R&#257m, a washerman of the local garrison, washing clothes in the tank outside the fort. Dev&#257 R&#257m was a follower of the Sikh faith and knew that Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had gone to Delhi resolved to make the ultimate sacrifice. He enquired of Bhai Jaita as a traveller coming from Delhi if he knew what had befallen the Gur&#363 there. The latter requested Bh&#257&#299 Dev&#257 R&#257m to escort him to his house which he willingly did. Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257 reached with his sacred charge Bh&#257&#299 Dev&#257 R&#257m's house, the site of the present Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#299s Gañj (formerly known as S&#299s Asth&#257n). Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257 spent the night there.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur had reduced Sirhind in 1710, the fort of Tar&#257o&#7771&#299 was also occupied by the Sikhs. Attempts by the imperial force to regain its possession resulted in a bloody, but inconclusive, battle at Am&#299nga&#7771h, 10 km north of Tar&#257o&#7771&#299. The Sikhs were led by Bh&#257&#299 B&#257j Si&#7749gh, R&#257m Si&#7749gh and B&#257b&#257 Binod Si&#7749gh Treha&#7751. According to local tradition, the bodies of the Sikh warriors who fell at Am&#299nga&#7771h were cremated at Tar&#257o&#7771&#299 near this site where a Mañj&#299 S&#257hib was later established. Upon the site of the old Mañj&#299 S&#257hib marking Bh&#257&#299 Dev&#257 R&#257m's house now stands a tall five-storeyed domed building the construction of which commenced in 1966. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on the ground floor in a sanctum, within a square hall. An adjoining bigger hall is used for holding larger assemblies. The Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar is in a separate but adjacent compound. The <i>sarovar</i>, enclosed by a high wall, is to the west between the central building of the shrine and the fort.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee though further construction is the responsibility of Sant Haz&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, a follower of the late Sant B&#257b&#257 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh.</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"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Teg Bah&#257dur : Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Parampar&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinh</i>. Patiala, 1970<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>