New Delhi/IBNS, Nov. 5 -- Fourteen Indian citizens, who were part of a group of pilgrims travelling to Nankana Sahib, were denied entry into Pakistan citing they were "Hindus" and "not Sikhs", NDTV reported.

Around 2,100 pilgrims, who were cleared by the Union Home Ministry, were travelling to Nankana Sahib to celebrate Guru Nanak's 556th birth anniversary.

Fourteen people, who were from Delhi and Lucknow, were denied entry even after Pakistan issued travel documents to them.

About 1,900 pilgrims entered Pakistan through Wagah Border but reports claim 14 of them were denied entry.

Thisyear's pilgrimage was the first people-to-people contact since India conducted Operation Sindoor to bust the terrorists' hideouts in Pakistan as a reven...