New Delhi:

Practically 3,000 pilgrims beneath the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Non secular Shrines of 1974 are taking part in celebrations in a number of cities in Pakistan on the start anniversary of Guru Nanak from November 6-15.

As per the Dwelling Ministry information, 2,420 Indian Sikh pilgrims have travelled to Pakistan to take part within the Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations. A complete of 433 pilgrims from India visited Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, by the ICP Dera Baba Nanak, Amritsar on Tuesday to supply prayers on Gurpurab.

“A number of jathas of Sikh devotees crossed the Attari-Wagah border on Sunday to make the pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib within the Punjab province of Pakistan,” a senior officer instructed NDTV.

Gurdwara Janam Asthan, additionally known as Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, is a extremely revered gurdwara on the website the place the founding father of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was born.

The shrine is positioned within the metropolis of Nankana Sahib, close to Lahore within the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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As per the Dwelling Ministry, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the jatha of pilgrims paid obeisance at Gurdwara Sacha Sauda, Mandi Chuharkhana (Sheikhupura) on November 7.

On November 8, the jatha participated within the Parkash Gurpurab celebrations at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib.

On November 9, the pilgrims will depart for Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hasan Abdal and after staying there on November 10, will attain Gurdwara Dehra Sahib, Lahore, on November 11, the official stated.

On November 13, they are going to go to Gurdwara Sri Rorhi Sahib, Eminabad, and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur Sahib, and can return to Dehra Sahib, Lahore, he stated. The subsequent day, the jatha will keep at Gurdwara Dehra Sahib, Lahore, from the place it would return to India on November 15.

Pilgrims who visited Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara included 429 Indian nationals and 4 abroad citizenship of India, or OCI, cardholders. All of the pilgrims have returned after providing their prayers.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all the time given particular significance to the celebrations of Gurpurab and with the identical spirit and the Dwelling Ministry made all preparations for a easy and cozy journey for the pilgrims,” the Dwelling Ministry stated in a press release.