Amritsar, April 11 -- As many as 2,238 Sikh pilgrims from India on Friday crossed over to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border checkpost to celebrate Baisakhi (Khalsa Foundation Day).

This is only the second Sikh jatha to visit Pakistan since Operation Sindoor in May 2025 and the largest so far amid the curbs imposed by India on cross-border travel.

Before this, 1,932 pilgrims had travelled to Pakistan in November 2025 for the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak.

The Pakistan High Commission had granted over 2,800 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims for the 10-day pilgrimage, during which devotees will visit key Sikh shrines, including Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal, Gurdwara Nankana Sahib (the birthplace of Guru Nanak), G...