ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>THE&#7770&#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="THEZ*"> <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">&#65279THE&#7770&#298, pronounced The&#7771h&#299 or Theh&#7771&#299, village 9 km west of Gidda&#7771b&#257h&#257 (30º-12'N, 74º-39'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who visited it on his way from Muktsar to Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo in 1706. Here he humbled the pride of a <i>yogi</i>, Hukam N&#257th, who claimed to possess occult powers. An old chronicle, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i> records an anecdote similar to the one associated with a place in R&#257jasth&#257n, called D&#257d&#363dv&#257r&#257. The Gur&#363, it says, saluted the grave of Q&#257sim Bha&#7789&#7789i, a local Muslim saint, near which sat Hukam N&#257th, by lowering his arrow to it. The Sikhs accompanying him at once objected, for the Gur&#363 had himself forbidden his followers to bow before tombs and graves. They laid him under penalty, declaring him to be <i>tan<u>kh</u>&#257h&#299&#257</i> or guilty of breach of the Sikh code. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh appreciated their vigilance, and willingly paid the fine imposed.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gurdw&#257r&#257 Theh&#7771&#299 S&#257hib, marking the spot where the Gur&#363 had halted close to a group of three, <i>Ja&#7751&#7693</i> trees (<i>Prosopis spicigera</i>), was raised in 1913. It is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee and has been temporarily handed over to the followers of Sant Gurmukh Si&#7749gh Sev&#257v&#257le for renovation.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR> <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> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>