Guru Nanak's Birth Anniversary To See 8,000 Sikh Pilgrims, Says Pak Minister
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Sikh faith's founder Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary will see around 8,000 pilgrims, a Pakistan minister said.
More than 8,000 Sikh pilgrims from all over the world will visit Pakistan to celebrate the 552nd birth anniversary of Sikh faith's founder, Guru Nanak Dev, Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday.
Pakistan has given visas to 855 Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Nankana Sahib on Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary but has denied the permission to 191 others, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said in Amritsar.
A group of Indian Sikh pilgrims is scheduled to depart on November 17 to participate in the ceremonies to be held at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib near Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru.
"More than eight thousand Sikh Yatrees from all over the Globe are arriving in Pak to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, welcome to the land of Gurus, Sufis and Yugi's #GuruNanak," Chaudhry said on Twitter.
