"Feeling Extremely Blessed": Punjab CM On Visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib
NDTV
The first batch of 28 Indian Sikhs, including women, visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan on Wednesday on the first day of its reopening.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today thanked the Prime Minister and Home Minister for re-opening the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor - the 4.5 km road to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan - two days ahead of Guru Purab. This move will allow Indian pilgrims to pay their obeisance at one of the holiest shrines of Sikhs on the 552nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. Feeling extremely blessed to get an opportunity to pay obeisance at Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan to commemorate 552nd Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev ji. Praying for ‘Chardi Kala' & ‘Sarbat Da Bhala'. Lets follow Guru ji's teachings of love, peace, secularism & brotherhood. pic.twitter.com/ssn2RhsDYt 2443 Indian Sikh Yatrees accorded warm welcome by Pakistan on their arrival at Wagah on 17 November. Pakistan High Commission wishes a rewarding Yatra to the Sikh devotees visiting Pakistan from 17-26 November 2021. pic.twitter.com/svaXCaAWOv
Mr Channi, along with about 30 persons including his cabinet ministers, visited the revered site using the visa-free Kartarpur corridor on Thursday on the second day of the reopening of the route which was suspended for some 20 months following the COVID-19 outbreak.
Gurudwara Darbar Sahib is the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, he is believed to have spent the last 18 years of his life there. The Kartarpur corridor connects Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur to Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, a small town in Pakistan's Punjab province, about 4 km from the International Border.
"Feeling extremely blessed to get an opportunity to pay obeisance at Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan to commemorate 552nd Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Praying for 'Chardi Kala' & 'Sarbat Da Bhala'. Let's follow Guru Ji's teachings of love, peace, secularism & brotherhood," the Punjab CM tweeted along with a video wishing everyone on the birth anniversary of the first guru of the Sikhs. He also thanked PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for heeding the Punjab government's request of reopening the corridor.
