Amritsar, December 4
A 136-member jatha of Hindu pilgrims crossed over to Pakistan from the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post (JCP) near here on Saturday.
Jatha leader Yudhishtar Lal said members of the group, from various parts of the country, had been issued visas for 12 days. They would visit a temple in Ghotki district in Sindh. Meanwhile, Kendriya Sanatan Dharam Sabha’s Shiv Pratap Bajaj said the Pakistan Government had granted an approval for a week-long pilgrimage to Katas Raj Temple, an ancient shrine.
Another jatha would cross over to Pakistan from the JCP on December 17. The yatra had been cancelled thrice during the past two years due to Covid restrictions and acrimonious bilateral relations between India and Pakistan. — TNS
Submit passports for jatha by Dec 31
The SGPC has sought passports from those who wish to be a part of a Sikh jatha to be sent to Pakistan to visit historic shrines there by December 31
136 Hindu pilgrims cross over to Pakistan
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