Over 2,200 Sikh pilgrims return after celebrating Baisakhi in Pak
Amritsar, April 20 -- After celebrating the Khalsa Foundation Day (Baisakhi) in Pakistan, over 2,200 Sikh pilgrims returned to India via the international Attari-Wagah border on Sunday.
As many as 2,238 Sikh pilgrims from India had crossed over to Pakistan on April 10 for the 10-day pilgrimage. This was 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 Baisakhi pilgrimage.
The returning devotees shared that a large number of pilgrims from across the world gathered in Pakistan to celebrate the main event on April 14 at Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hasan Abdal, 400 km from Lahore.
The Indian pilgrims also performed religious rites at other Sikh shrines, including Gurdwara Nankana Sahib (the birthplace of Guru Nanak), Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib (the final resting place of Guru Nanak), Gurdwara Sacha Sauda Sahib in Farooqabad, Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore and Gurdwara Rori Sahib in Eminabad.HTC...
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