Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Pakistan through Kartapur Corridor

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Sikh pilgrims show their documents to police before crossing over to Pakistan for the inauguration ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor in Dera Baba Nanak.- AFP

Kartarpur [Pakistan] - Later in the day, Modi is slated to inaugurate the Kartarpur Corridor in Gurdaspur district.

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Published: Sat 9 Nov 2019, 10:00 AM

Last updated: Wed 12 Feb 2020, 1:33 PM

The first group of Sikh pilgrims from India arrived in Pakistan through the Kartarpur Corridor on Saturday, November 9.
Also read: Kartarpur Corridor to open for pilgrims today
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the Integrated Check Post of the Kartarpur Corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district today.
As a part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev, the Prime Minister paid his obeisance at Ber Sahib Gurdwara in Sultanpur Lodhi on Saturday.
Also read: Narendra Modi thanks Imran Khan for timely opening of Kartarpur corridor
 
Wearing an orange head cover, Modi offered his prayers at the gurdwara. After paying his obeisance, he was garlanded with a 'chadar'. Union Minister Harsimrat Badal and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh were also present with Modi at the gurdwara.
Later in the day, Modi is slated to inaugurate the Kartarpur Corridor in Gurdaspur district. The 4.7-kilometre-long route will connect Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Kartarpur Darbar Sahib in Pakistan.
PM will flag off first batch of 550 pilgrims that includes former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, actor-politician Sunny Deol, and Union Ministers Hardeep Puri and Harsimrat Kaur Badal and SAD chief Sukhbir Badal and several ministers, MPs and MLAs from Punjab who will travel to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib through the Kartarpur Corridor.
Giani Harpreet Singh, the Jathedar of Akal Takht, will lead the Indian delegation as the religious leader.
On the other hand, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will also inaugurate the other side of the route on the same day, apart from other events that will be hosted to mark Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary.


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