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<p class="C1">&#65279WAL&#298 QANDH&#256R&#298 (lit. Saint of Qandah&#257r) was, according to a tradition popularized by <i>Bh&#257&#299 B&#257l&#257 Janam S&#257kh&#299</i> and Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur N&#257nak Prak&#257sh</i>, a Muslim recluse putting up on top of a hill near Hasan Abd&#257l, now in Campbellpore (Attock) district of Pakistan Punjab. Accompanied by Bh&#257&#299 Mard&#257n&#257, Gur&#363 N&#257nak came to Hasan Abd&#257l on his way back from Mecca and Ba<u>gh</u>d&#257d and halted at the foot of the hill. Feeling fatigued and thirsty, but seeing no water in the vicinity, Mard&#257n&#257 went up hill to Wal&#299 Qandh&#257r&#299. The latter desired to know who he was and how he happened to wander in that direction. When he heard Mard&#257n&#257 tell him that he was in the company of no ordinary being, he refused to give him water and said that if his master was so accomplished he should not let his follower go thirsty. Mard&#257n&#257 walked back and told the Gur&#363 what the Wal&#299 had said. Gur&#363 N&#257nak asked Mard&#257n&#257 to go once again and supplicate the Wal&#299 with humility. Mard&#257n&#257 obeyed, but returned only to report the failure of his mission. The Gur&#363 thereupon touched the hillside with the stick he was holding. As he did this, water spouted forth. Mard&#257n&#257 drank his fill, but simultaneously Wal&#299 Qandh&#257r&#299's reservoir on the hilltop began to ebb and soon dried up. Blinded with rage, the Wal&#299 rolled a big boulder downhill towards the travellers. The Gur&#363 calmly raised his arm and the rocky mass, as says the story, stopped against his open palm (<i>pañj&#257</i>, in Punjabi) which made an impress upon it. The boulder with the palm-mark, i.e. <i>pañj&#257</i>, recessed into it, with the water rolling around it, still attracts visitors and pilgrims to the site. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 built in the midst of a small pool in front of the stone, reverently called Pañj&#257 S&#257hib (Holy Palm), is one of Sikhs' most magnificent and venerated shrines. Wal&#299 Qandh&#257r&#299's grave on top of the adjacent oblong hill is also preserved.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927- 35<BR>
<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"> KirpaI Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 N&#257nak Dev J&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1962<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion : Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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