Let there be peace: Celebs hail Kartarpur Corridor inauguration

 

By Entertainment Desk
Published: November 9, 2019

 

Sikh Pilgrims stand in a queue to visit the Shrine of Baba Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, on November 9, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

In a landmark peace move, the Pakistan government opened the Kartarpur Corridor today, permitting Indian pilgrims to visit the revered Sikh Guru’s final resting place without a visa.

The three-kilometer corridor provides visa-free access to Sikh pilgrims, allowing them to travel to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, where Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, spent the final years of his life. The passage links Narowal district to Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur in Punjab, India.

The project, touted by many as the ‘corridor of peace’ between the two arch rivals, was completed in a record period of eleven months

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