ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VALL&#256</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="VALL"> <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">&#65279VALL&#256, village 7 km east of Amritsar (31º-38'N, 74º-53'E) along the Amritsar-Sr&#299 Hargobindpur road, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who visited herein November 1664. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, the Gur&#363 had come on a visit to the Harimandar, Amritsar, but the <i>masands</i> or ministrants shut the doors against him. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur sat outside the Harimandar for some time and departed saying, "The <i>masands</i> of Amritsar are burning with the fire of ambition," and came to Vall&#257 where he sat under a <i>p&#299pal</i> tree, outside the village. The village <i>sa&#7749gat</i> led by a devout old lady, M&#257&#299 Har&#299&#257&#7749, came to offer obeisance. At their request the Gur&#363 repaired to M&#257&#299 Har&#299&#257&#7749's house inside the village. The <i>sa&#7749gat</i> of Amritsar on learning how the Gur&#363 had been treated by the <i>masands</i> felt distressed. A group of ladies came on its behalf to Vall&#257 to atone for what the <i>masands</i> had done. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur blessed them saying, "M&#257&#299&#257&#7749 rabb raj&#257&#299&#257n (Upon women may rest God's favour)." There are two <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> commemorating the Gur&#363's visit.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 VALL&#256 S&#256HIB, on the western outskirts of the village, marks the spot where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had first alighted.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 KO&#7788HA S&#256HIB, inside the village, represents the house (<i>ko&#7789h&#257</i> in Punjabi) of M&#257&#299 Har&#299&#257&#7749 where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had stayed. The present building, raised after 1905 to replace the old one badly damaged in an earthquake, comprises a hall with a square sanctum in the middle of it. There is a domed room above the sanctum. A small 8-metre square <i>sarovar</i> is to the left and residential accommodation to the right of the central building as one enters. Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar is at the back. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee. A largely attended fair is held on the full-moon day of the month of M&#257gh (January-February).</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"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<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"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bahadar : Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Parampar&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinh</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1994<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>