ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>UDDOKE</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="UDDOKE"> <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">&#65279UDDOKE, a village about 10 km from Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 (31º-49'N, 75º-12'E), on the boundary between Amritsar and Gurd&#257spur districts of the Punjab, is sacted to Gur&#363 N&#257nak, who stayed here on his way to Ba&#7789&#257l&#257, where he got married in September 1487. Uddoke is in fact divided into two villages, Uddoke <u>Kh</u>urd and Uddoke Kal&#257&#7749, without a distinct line to separate them. The shrine dedicated to Gur&#363 N&#257nak is in Uddoke <u>Kh</u>urd which falls in Amritsar district, the other part lying in the district of Gurd&#257spur. According to <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i> by T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Narotam, the bridegroom here performed the ceremony of cutting a twig from a <i>ja&#7751&#7693</i> tree. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, formerly called Ko&#7789h&#257 S&#257hib, is now named Gurdw&#257r&#257 Thamm S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 I ate Damdam&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VI. The latter part of the name was added in the belief that Gur&#363 Hargobind, the Sixth Gur&#363, also stopped over here when travelling to Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 with the wedding party of his son, B&#257b&#257 Gurditt&#257. The present building, comprising a square sanctum within a high-ceilinged hall, was constructed in 1942. The dome above the sanctum has a brass pinnacle and an umbrella-shaped finial. Square shaped domed kiosks rise above the corners of the hall. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is maintained by the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i> of the twin villages.</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>