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Sikh Jatha on a 10-day tour to Pakistan for Amritsar: A
Sikh Jatha (group) comprising nearly 500 devotees left for Pakistan on Thursday
morning by train for the death anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru.
They will observe the occasion at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, situated in Pakistan's
Narowal district on September 22. Besides Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, the Jatha
would also visit pay respects at various others historical Sikh shrines including
Punjab Sahib, Dera Sahib, Nankana Sahib, Sancha Saudah Sahib and Rahra Sahib during
their 10-day tour to Pakistan. Devotees, on this occasion, urged the Governments
of India and Pakistan to abolish provisions for visas for the pilgrims and demanded
a safe passage to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib form the Dera Baba Nanak of Gurdaspur
district. Reiterating the long pending demands of the Sikhs of corridor to Kartarpur
Sahib, the President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC), the
premier governing body of the Sikhs, Avtar Singh Makkar said, "The SGPC had already
corresponded with the government of India and received the assurances by the Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. But till dating nothing concert had been done by
the government." Shri Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee has sent this Jatha to Pakistan
for the death anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev for the first time. |
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