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Indian Sikh pilgrims bask in sunshine as they visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan, on November 9, 2019. (Image: Reuters)
Mahendra Kaur, 81, from India, met his brother Sheikh Abdul Aziz, 78, from Pakistani-occupied Kashmir in the Kartarpur Corridor.
A Sikh woman and her brother, separated during Partition more than 75 years ago, met in the iconic Kartarpur Corridor, in an emotional reunion made possible through social media.
Mahendra Kaur, 81, from India, met his brother Sheikh Abdul Aziz, 78, from Pakistani-occupied Kashmir in the Kartarpur Corridor after they found out through a social media post that they were brothers separated during Partition in 1947.
The two families discovered that Kaur and Aziz were estranged siblings after connecting over a social media post detailing the separation of a man and his sister during Partition.
During Partition, Sardar Bhajan Singh’s family from the Indian side of Punjab was tragically torn apart when Aziz moved to Pakistani-occupied Kashmir while his other family members stayed in India, said Imran Sheikh, a relative of Aziz.
He was married at a young age, but he always had a longing to be reunited with his parents and other family members.
On Sunday, Kaur and Aziz arrived at the Kartapur corridor in wheelchairs. Emotional scenes of family reunion were witnessed, with family members singing songs and showering flowers to express their love.
Overcome with joy, Kaur repeatedly hugged her brother and kissed his hands and the two families also visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur together, sat together and shared a meal.
They also exchanged gifts as a symbol of their reunion.
After the joyous reunion, the Kartarpur administration decorated both families with garlands and distributed sweets.
The Kartarpur Corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the final resting place of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev, with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of India’s Punjab state.
The 4 km long corridor provides visa-free access for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the Darbar Sahib.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed: ITP)
