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The call for a visa-free Kartarpur Sahib corridor was an old, strong, persistent demand from the Sikh community. [27] The move was mooted first during the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee ’s bus ride to Lahore in 1999, while Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf approved the idea in 2000, and issued various tenders for ...
The Kartarpur Corridor (Punjabi: ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ ਲਾਂਘਾ (), کرتارپور لانگھا (), romanized: kartārpur lāṅghā; Urdu: کرتارپور راہداری, romanized: kartār pūr rāhdārī) is a visa-free border crossing and religious corridor, [2] [3] connecting two gurdwaras (Sikh temples), Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, near Narowal in Pakistan and Gurudwara Dera Baba ...
Kartarpur (Punjabi / Urdu: کرتار پور; pronounced [kɐɾˈt̪äɾᵊ ˈpuːɾᵊ]) is a town 102 km from Lahore in the Shakargarh Tehsil, Narowal District in Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the right bank of the Ravi River , it is said to have been founded by Guru Nanak , the first guru of Sikhism , who established the first Sikh commune there.
Photograph of a Sikh health worker of the Karachi Plague Committee in Old Town, Karachi, by R. Jalbhoy, 1897 Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore. Prior to independence in 1947, 2 million Sikhs resided in the present day Pakistan and were spread all across Northern Pakistan, specifically the Punjab region and played an important role in its economy as farmers, businessmen, and traders.
Nishan Sahib flags on poles at Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar. Some of the prominent Sikh shrines established by the Sikh gurus are: Nankana Sahib, established in the 1490s by first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, Punjab, Pakistan. Sultanpur Lodhi, established in 1499 became the Sikh centre during Guru Nanak Dev time Kapurthala District, Punjab (India).
The Kartarpur Corridor is known as the corridor of ‘international peace & harmony’ is a 4.2-km-long passage connecting the town of Dera Baba Nanak in India with the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan. Facts 1. Opened by PM. Imran Khan on 09 Nov 2019, just days before the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
Panj Takht, namely Golden Temple, Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Nanded Hazur Sahib, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Bhatinda, and Anandpur Sahib. Guru Nanak related places, he was the founder of Sikh religion. His birth and death places at Gurdwara Janam Asthan and Kartarpur Corridor (both in Pakistan) are considered sacred.
Anandpur Sahib, also referred simply ... The city is a pilgrimage site in Sikhism. [4] ... which was wounded in the Battle of Kartarpur, finally collapsed and died.