New Delhi:
As many as 2443 Indian Sikh Yatrees and religious pilgrims were accorded "warm welcome" by Pakistan on their arrival at Wagah.
According to sources in the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi, the Yatrees reached Wagah border on Wednesday, Nov 17.
"The Pakistan High Commission wishes a rewarding Yatra to the Sikh devotees visiting Pakistan from 17-26 November 2021," the source said.
It may be mentioned here that in view of the significance of Gurupurab and sentiments
associated with the solemn occasion, the Government of India has decided that
a Jatha of pilgrims will visit Pakistan between November 17 and 26, 2021 via the Attar-Wagah
Integrated Check Post (ICP)..
"This visit is covered under the 1974 Bilateral Protocol between India and Pakistan on 'Visits to Religious
Shrines'," MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi told reporters last week.
The pilgrims are likely to to visit Gurudwara Shri Darbar Sahib, Gurudwara Shri Panja Sahib,
Gurudwara Shri Dehra Sahib, Gurudwara Shri Nankana Sahib, Gurudwara Shri Kartarpur
Sahib and Gurudwara Shri Sachha Sauda.
"As you know, movement through the Kartarpur corridor was suspended in March 2020, due to the
COVID 19 pandemic. Land travel between India and Pakistan, is since being conducted on a limited
scale through the Attari-Wagah Integrated Check Post in coordination with the Pakistani side,"
Mr Bagchi has said.
The Gurupurab is an important festival for the Sikhs. The Guru Nanak Jayanti or Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Gurupurab is the festival where Sikhs celebrate the birth of the first guru — Guru Nanak.
The Kartarpur corridor was opened on Nov 9, 2019.
A delegation of AAP from Punjab led by Member of Parliament and president of Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab, Bhagwant Mann is also likely to visit Kartarpur, it has been announced.
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