Amritsar, June 21, 2022 (PPI-OT):A jatha (group) of Sikh pilgrims by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will visit Pakistan to observe death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The leadership of this jatha, which departed to Pakistan on Tuesday, has been entrusted upon SGPC member Gurmeet Singh Booh, while another member, Mithu Singh Kahneke, will be its deputy leader.
Speaking in Amritsar before leaving for Pakistan, SGPC Secretary Partap Singh said that the SGPC had sent 277 applications of pilgrims for visas, of which, 266 applications were approved and received.
“Before attending the barsi (death anniversary) samagam of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore on June 29, the jatha will visit to pay obeisance at birth place of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib, then at Gurdwara Sacha Sauda Sahib at Mandi Chuhar Kana, Sheikhupura, and Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib, Hasan Abdal,” Gurmeet Singh said. He said the Sikh jatha will return to India on June 30.
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