Thousands of Sikh pilgrims arrive at Nankana Sahib

[Devil Soul]

Thousands of Sikh pilgrims arrive at Nankana Sahib
APP | | (1 hour ago) Today

SYED WALA (Nankana Sahib): The three-day celebrations of 543rd birth anniversary of spiritual leader of Sikh community, Baba Guru Nanak began at Nanaka Sahib on Tuesday.

More than 3,000 Sikh pilgrims travelling through three special trains to perform their religious rituals arrived at Wagah from across the border.

According to official sources, approximately 8,000 Sikh yatress in total from India, England, Canada, Australia, Afghanistan and other countries have travelled to Nankana Sahib to participate in the annual ceremonies of their spiritual leader.

The yatrees would visit Nankana Sahib, Panja Sahib, Hassanabadal, Dera Sahib and their other holy places in Punjab.

Nanaka Sahib DCO Hassan Iqbal, DPO Dr Haider Ashraf, Auqaf Department’s Deputy Director Fazal Elahi Butt and other officers welcomed the yatrees on their arrival at Nankana Sahib.

Meanwhile the district administration and other law enforcement agencies have made tight security arrangements to avoid any untoward incident on this occasion.

 

[ARYAVEER]

Nice to see that.i posted a thread on Same news.Didn't See this one earlier.

 

[Devil Soul]

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[53fd]

Excellent stuff.

 

[Devil Soul]

 

[Devil Soul]

 

[Kambojaric]

Jee aya nu

 

[@nline]

Welcome to Lahore, Pakistan.

 

[Tshering22]

The procession looks so nice at Nankana Sahib . I have been a visitor to Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) and it is simply a beautiful experience.

 

[Devil Soul]

 

[Devil Soul]

u can see a PAK Sikh Paramilitary Officer guiding others

 

[Kompromat]

Jee ayaan noon.

 

[StandForInsaf]

welcome Sikhs

 

[Devil Soul]

Celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary conclude

Updated at: 0625 PST, Friday, November 11, 2011
NANKANA SAHIB: The three-day celebrations of the 542nd birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, founder of Sikh religion, concluded at the Gurdwara Janam Asthan here on Thursday. The celebrations concluded soon after the Palki (palanquin) procession, which remained inside the Gurdwara instead of its traditional route. The Palki procession was taken out at 1:00pm and concluded at 3:00pm in which thousands of Sikh Yatrees participated with religious zeal, chanting religious slogans.

MNA Manohar Lal represented Pakistan in the concluding ceremony. The ETPB chairman Syed Asif Hashmi; Christopher of Switzerland; former DCO Nankana Sahib Nabeel Javed and his wife also attended the ceremony.

Later, DCO Nankana Sahib Dr Haidar Ashraf extended his gratitude to the Sikh Yatrees on behalf of Pakistan government. Talking to media men he stressed the print and the electronic media to play their active role in removing misunderstandings and ease tensions between Pakistan and India. Meanwhile, stringent security arrangements were made by the law enforcement agencies and the police.

The Sikh Yatrees will leave for Sacha Sauda (Farooqabad) and then will leave for Hasan Abdal. —APP Our correspondent adds: UK yatrees group leader Dr Olak Singh has said that the world should pay attention to the violation of human rights in India.

Talking to The News at Nankana Sahib on Thursday, he claimed that the Hindus had damaged the Khalsa Movement while the Indian forces killed 20,000 Sikhs in Golden Temple. ‘The Sikhs will remain slave till their independence and creation of Khalistan,’ he maintained.

 

[Tshering22]

^^ Ahh a fake Sikh caught. No one in the Sikh darbar EVER brings politics whenever visiting the holiest places of Gurus... this man has brought separatism to get his personal cheap shots. Let him keep shouting and bawling about it.