ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#256LAMG&#298R</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="LAMG*R"> <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">&#65279'&#256LAMG&#298R, a village in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district, 13 km to the southwest of the city (30º-54'N, 75º-52'E), is famed for its Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh made a halt in the village as he was travelling after the battle of Chamkaur in December 1705. Here the Gur&#363 discarded the palanquin which he had used for part of the journey, and took a horse presented by an old disciple, Bh&#257&#299 Naudh&#257. A Mañj&#299 S&#257hib was later constructed on the site. At present, the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> compound covers over three acres of land. A four-storeyed gateway topped over by a small lotus dome opens on a vast paved courtyard across which is the central building-a <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, with a verandah all around. The <i>prak&#257sh asth&#257n</i> adjoining the hall has a basement marking the original site of the Mañj&#299 S&#257hib. Above the <i>prak&#257sh asth&#257n</i> there is a 3 storeyed domed tower with domed turrets at the corners. For larger gatherings on festivals, a vast shelter of reinforced concrete was built in 1969 in honour of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. The dining hall can accommodate 2, 000 persons at a time. There are several blocks of residential rooms for staff and pilgrims. A legend has grown around the 63 metre square <i>sarovar</i>, the holy tank, called T&#299r Sar. It is said that the Gur&#363 shot down a huge python occupying the only well in the vicinity. But the monster bled so profusely that it made the water of the well unfit for drinking. There being no other source of water near by, the Gur&#363 shot another arrow into the ground and caused clean water to spring forth. The pool so formed came to be named after the arrow (<i>t&#299r</i>). People still believe that the water of this pool cures diseases. A three-day fair is held at '&#256lamgir from 14-16 Poh (December-end) every year.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The management of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib is in the hands of a local committee under the control of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR> <li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"> Randhir, G. S. , <i>Sikh Shrines in India</i>. Delhi, 1990<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>