three-day annual festival
\n LAHORE
\nA total of 136 Hindu pilgrims have arrived in Lahore through Wagah border crossing, to participate in 313th birth anniversary celebrations of Sant Shadaram Sahib at Mirpur Mathelo district of Sindh.
\nUpon their arrival, Evacuee Trust Property Board Deputy Secretary General, Faraz Abbas warmly welcomed the pilgrims at the border.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, Yudhister Lal, who led the Hindu Pilgrims, expressed his satisfaction over the arrangements made by the government of Pakistan to facilities the visiting Hindu pilgrims.
\nAs many as 136 Hindu pilgrims from India have been issued Pakistani visas to visit their religious sites in the country.
\nAccording to details, the pilgrims will participate in the 313th birth anniversary celebrations of the Hindu saint Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib.
\nThe three-day annual festival from 14 December will take place at the Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi in the Ghotki district of the Sindh province. The Hindu pilgrims will return to India on December 15.
\nShadani Darbar, founded by Sant Shadaram Sahib in 1786, is a sacred place for Hindu devotees across the globe. \u201cIssuance of pilgrimage visas to Hindu & Sikh pilgrims is in line with the Government of Pakistan\u2019s efforts for facilitating visits to religious shrines,\u201d the high commission said in a statement.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s also reflective of Pakistan\u2019s respect for religious places of all faiths and efforts for promoting interfaith harmony.\u201d
\nThis is not the first time that Pakistan has issued visas to Indian pilgrims despite the same has not been reciprocated from the other side.
\nLast month, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi had issued around 3,000 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims to participate in Baba Guru Nanak\u2019s 552nd birth anniversary celebrations in Kartarpur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
three-day annual festival LAHORE A total of 136 Hindu pilgrims have arrived in Lahore through Wagah border crossing, to participate in 313th birth anniversary celebrations of Sant Shadaram Sahib at Mirpur Mathelo district of Sindh. Upon their arrival, Evacuee Trust Property Board Deputy Secretary General, Faraz Abbas warmly welcomed the pilgrims at the border. Speaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1267,1294,20,1295],"class_list":{"0":"post-230988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-festival","9":"tag-hindu","10":"tag-pakistan","11":"tag-pilgrims"},"yoast_head":"\n