The pilgrimage to the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan via the Kartarpur Corridor resumed on Tuesday after five days of relief from the flood situation in the Ravi at ground zero on the India-Pakistan border, authorities said.
The corridor that gives Indian pilgrims visa-free access to the historic Sikh shrine in Pakistan was closed on July 20 due to flooding in Ravi when a large amount of water spilled from the dams. The corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district. Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said the pilgrimage to the gurdwara at Kartarpur Sahib resumed on Tuesday.
Up to 67 pilgrims turned up to visit the final resting place of the founder of the Sikh faith, Guru Nanak, through the corridor. In all, 106 pilgrims received authorization from the Union government to visit the gurdwara on Tuesday.
There is always a difference between the number of people allowed for the pilgrimage and the number of pilgrims visiting the gurdwara, authorities said.
During the five-day suspension period, a total of 700 pilgrims were unable to visit the Sikh shrine in Pakistan. Now they will have to apply again, Aggarwal said.
Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated in 2019 on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
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