Nearly 3,000 Sikh Pilgrims Visited Gurdwaras In Pak On Guru Nanak Jayanti
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As per the Home Ministry records, 2,420 Indian Sikh pilgrims have travelled to Pakistan to participate in the Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations
Nearly 3,000 pilgrims under the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974 are participating in celebrations in several cities in Pakistan on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak from November 6-15. Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi has always given special importance to celebrations of Gurupurab and with the same spirit, Union Home Ministry (MHA) made all arrangements for a smooth and comfortable journey for pilgrims. (1/2)Read: https://t.co/VCnPK8xVBqpic.twitter.com/3OJh4s42kU
As per the Home Ministry records, 2,420 Indian Sikh pilgrims have travelled to Pakistan to participate in the Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations. A total of 433 pilgrims from India visited Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, through the ICP Dera Baba Nanak, Amritsar on Tuesday to offer prayers on Gurpurab.
"Several jathas of Sikh devotees crossed the Attari-Wagah border on Sunday to make the pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in the Punjab province of Pakistan," a senior officer told NDTV.
Gurdwara Janam Asthan, also referred to as Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, is a highly revered gurdwara at the site where the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was born.
