Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is situated in Pakistan’s Narowal district throughout river Ravi. File
New Delhi:
India right now hoped that Pakistan will facilitate the go to of round 1,500 Indian pilgrims to that nation by the Attari-Wagah transit level in view of Gurupurab.
The pilgrims are scheduled to go to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib, Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib, Gurudwara Panja Sahib, Gurudwara Dehra Sahib, Gurudwara Nankana Sahib and Gurudwara Sachha Sauda, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned.
“As you understand, motion by the Kartarpur hall was suspended in March 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Land journey between India and Pakistan is since being performed on a restricted scale by the Attari-Wagah Built-in Examine Submit in coordination with the Pakistani aspect,” he mentioned.
Mr Bagchi mentioned either side observe their extant guidelines and well being pointers.
“In view of the importance of Gurupurab and sentiments related to it, it has been determined {that a} Jatha of round 1500 pilgrims will go to Pakistan from November 17-26, 2021 through the Attar-Wagah ICP,” he mentioned.
Mr Bagchi mentioned the go to will likely be coated beneath the 1974 bilateral protocol between India and Pakistan on visits to spiritual shrines.
“We hope that the forthcoming jatha…does happen,” he mentioned in response to a query at a media briefing.
He mentioned Pakistan had earlier denied permission for the go to of Sikh pilgrims from India to that nation twice in June — one, on the event of Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev and second, on the dying anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
“Each of those jathas are additionally coated beneath the 1974 Bilateral Protocol,” he added.
In November 2019, India and Pakistan threw open the Kartarpur hall linking Dera Baba Sahib in Gurdaspur in India with the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan, in a historic people-to-people initiative.
Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is situated in Pakistan’s Narowal district throughout the river Ravi, about 4 kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine.
It’s the closing resting place of Sikh religion’s founder Guru Nanak Dev, who had spent the final 18 years of his life in Kartarpur.
The Kartarpur hall was thrown open within the midst of heightened rigidity between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir problem.
The relations between the 2 nations nosedived after India scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing on August 5, 2019, and bifurcated it into two Union Territories.
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