Sikh devotees arriving to undertake pilgrimage to Pakistan
- | Wednesday | 17th October, 2018
“After performing bhog of the akhand path on November 23, a nagar kiratn would be taken out in the streets of Nankana Sahib, which will be followed by a show of firecrackers and then cake cutting ceremony will be held which will begin the yearlong celebration events in Pakistan,” he said.However, former president of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Paramjit Singh Sarna said he wasn’t much hopeful that the Pakistan high commission would issue visas to everyone who had applied. The Sikh jathas would leave for Pakistan on November 21, and return on November 30, after celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Nanakana Sahib on November 23, said chief of Sikh body Nankana Sahib Sikh Teerath Yatree Jatha Swaran Singh Gill.Echoing with Bhullar, Gill said over 4,000 passports had already been submitted by various Sikh bodies for visa with the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi as against a permission of around 3,000 to undertake a pilgrimage to Pakistan.While stating that Pakistan high commission should show magnanimity in issuing visas to Sikhs, he said devotees had hopes that the neighburing country’s government will help fulfil their religious aspirations.Gill said that they would begin the yearlong celebrations of 550th birth anniversary by cutting a 200-pound cake. AMRITSAR: A large number of devotees are approaching various Sikh bodies for undertaking a pilgrimage to Pakistan on the occasion of the 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev being celebrated at Gurdwara Janamasthan Nankana Sahib on November 23.“Many devotees believe that they may not get visa on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary in 2019, or they are scared of heavy rush so they are approaching us for undertaking pilgrimage to Pakistan to pay obeisance during 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak this November,” president of Bhai Mardana Kirtan Darbar Society Harpal Singh Bhullar told TOI on Tuesday.He said he had also written to the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) to honour the sentiments of Sikhs and take up the issue with the Pakistan government for issuance of liberal visas.Bhullar said that they normally sends a jatha (group of pilgrims) of around 400 Sikhs but this time over 700 devotees had already submitted their passports with the society.
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