Over 6,700 Sikh explorers from India shown up in Pakistan by means of the Wagah approach Thursday to join Baisakhi Mela celebrations and memorialize the beginning of the Khalsa sect.
Baisakhi notes the Sikh brand-new year and honors the development of Khalsa panth (saint-warriors) under Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. This would certainly be the 326th beginning wedding anniversary of Khalsa.
The primary event will certainly be kept in Lahore on April 14 at Gurdwara Janamasthan Nankana Sahib.
The Pakistani federal government has actually released 6,751 visas to Indian Sikh explorers for the celebration for the very first time in half a century.
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Under thePakistan- India Religious Protocol Agreement 1974, as much as 3,000Sikh explorers are allowed to see Pakistan for any type of spiritual celebration. However, the federal government of Pakistan given 3,751 extra visas at the unique demand of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
The Sikh explorers were welcomed by Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interfaith Harmony Khel Das Kohistani, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee President and Punjab Minorities Minister Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora, Secretary ETPB Farid Iqbal, and Additional Secretary Shrines Saifullah Khokhar at the Wagah Border check article.
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Talking to press reporters atWagah Border, Daljeet Singh Sarna, a leader of the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee, said thanks to thePakistani federal government for providing visas to such a lot of explorers for the very first time, stating it has actually won the hearts of the Sikh neighborhood.
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Pilgrims from Amritsar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,Delhi, and 11 various other Indian states have actually shown up inPakistan . .
“Pakistan is a peace-loving country, and Sikhs from all over the world wish to visit it because of the immense respect and honour they receive here,” claimedVeinder Singh Khalsa,Jatha leader of theShiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee . .
Punjab Minorities Minister Arora claimed for the very first time in background, the Pakistan federal government released visas for all the applications gotten from Sikh explorers, meeting the Sikh neighborhood’s lengthy need to see their spiritual websites in the nation.
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ETPB Secretary Iqbal claimed the board has actually made certain thorough setups for holiday accommodation, clinical centers, transportation, and various other essential solutions for the explorers.
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“ETPB is spending a huge amount to facilitate sikh pilgrims, renovation of gurudwaras and temples,” he claimed and included that Gurdwara Janamasthan, Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur have actually been magnificently enhanced to improve the spiritual experience of the explorers.
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Upon going into Pakistan via theBab – e -Azadi (Gate of Freedom ), the explorers were offered chilly drinks and given with langar. After cleaning customizeds and migration, they were carried in buses under limited safety and security setups.
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Due to the high variety of Indian explorers this year, they have actually been split right into 2 teams.
.The very first team will certainly most likely to Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hassan Abdal, while the 2nd team will certainly head to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur onThursday Both teams will certainly come to Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, on Saturday.
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On Sunday, they will certainly see Gurdwara Sacha Sauda in Farooqabad and remain over night in Nankana Sahib.The main event of the Baisakhi Festival will certainly be hung on April 14 at Gurdwara Janamasthan, Nankana Sahib, the native home of the owner of Sikhism Baba Guru Nanak.
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On April 15, one team will certainly take a trip to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, while the various other will certainly continue toGurdwara Panja Sahib On April 17, both teams will certainly pay their areas at Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore and will certainly later on see Gurdwara Rohri Sahib in Eminabad.
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.(* )explorers will certainly go back to their homeland on
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