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After the event, the jathedar spoke with the media and demanded that the requirement to have an Indian passport for the pilgrimage be lifted. He also requested that Pakistani Sikhs be given the same access to the historic gurdwara at Dera Baba Nanak, which is located in the Gurdaspur district. Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh also demanded passport-free access to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur during

Giani Harpreet Singh, the jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib, made the appeal on Sunday during an ardas (Sikh prayer) for those who perished in the 1947 partition at zero point on the international border. Gurdwara Darbar Sahib is located in Kartarpur. (HT Image)

Giani Harpreet Singh, the jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib, made the appeal on Sunday during an ardas (Sikh prayer) for those who perished in the 1947 partition at zero point on the international border. Gurdwara Darbar Sahib is located in Kartarpur. (HT Image)

After the event, the jathedar demanded that the requirement to have an Indian passport for the pilgrimage be lifted and asked for the same access for Pakistani Sikhs to visit the revered gurdwara at Dera Baba Nanak, which is located in the Gurdaspur area.

Indian pilgrims can visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Guru Nanak’s ultimate resting place.

Since the trans-border connection was opened in 2019, the Sikh community has been pressing for this, according to the jathedar

Sarwan Singh Dhun of the AAP, Gurpartap Singh Wadala of the erstwhile Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Gurcharan Singh Grewal of the SGPC, and other Sikh activists were also there. The SGPC held a similar ardas at Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal seat, on August 16 for the second year in a row.

Source- hindustan times

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