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Pak nod to nagar kirtan from Delhi to Lahore for Gurpurb

AMRITSAR: Amid heightened tension, the Pakistan government has allowed the Sikh pilgrims to organise a ‘nagar kirtan’ from Delhi to Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Lahore to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

Pak nod to nagar kirtan from Delhi to Lahore for Gurpurb

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Amritsar, June 19

Amid heightened tension, the Pakistan government has allowed the Sikh pilgrims to organise a ‘nagar kirtan’ from Delhi to Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Lahore to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

This was revealed by Delhi SAD president and former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chief Paramjit Singh Sarna. “The permission was granted earlier, but the official letter from the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee was received recently with the signature of its chief Tara Singh.

Scheduled in October, the nagar kirtan will leavefrom Delhi with Guru Granth Sahib enshrined in a golden palanquin accompanied by 1,500 devotees.

The procession will start from Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi on October 28 and reach Ludhiana. The next day, the procession will leave for Gurdwara Ber Sahib in Sultanpur Lodhi. Afterthat, it will reach Amritsar and leave for Lahore through the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on October 31.

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