Over 3,000 Indian Sikhs to Visit Pakistan on Baisakhi

More than 3,000 Sikh devotees from India are expected to visit Gurudwara Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, which is now in Pakistan, to celebrate Baisakhi festival.

Sikh devotees would travel via the Wagah border on April 10, 2012 through three special trains.

Guru Nanak was born in Nankana Sahib on Baisakhi, April 15, 1469. Nankana town is part of Nankana Sahib district of Punjab province.

Baisakhi would also be celebrated in the Gurdwara Panja Sahib for three days.

Gurdwara Panja Sahib, situated in Hasan Abdal, around 50 km from Rawalpindi, is one of the most holy places of the Sikhs. The gurdwara has a rock believed to have the hand print of Guru Nanak.

The devotees would also visit Gurdwara Sahib Sacha Sauda at Chuharkana in Sheikhupura district — the place where Guru Nanak fed a group of ascetics with a sum of Rs 20 his father had given him.

Later, the Sikhs would also visit Aimanabad on a pilgrimage to Gurdwara Rori Sahib.