Pakistan agrees to allow visits by more Sikh jathas

15Pakistan agrees to allow visits by more Sikh jathas

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• B.S Goraya

  Aug 6, 2005

  Pakistan agrees to allow visits by more Sikh jathas
  Tribune News Service
  
  Wagah, August 5
  The Pakistan Government has agreed in principle to
  allow more jathas to visit Sikh shrines in that
  country.
  
  This was stated by Mr Parmjit Singh Sarna, President,
  Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), who
  had returned from Pakistan here today. He said a palki
  (palanquin), made of gold, would be taken to Pakistan
  in a procession from Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, New Delhi,
  in November to mark the birth anniversary of Guru
  Nanak. Mr Jagjit Singh Kochhar, from Dubai had also
  crossed over to India along with Mr Sarna.
  
  Mr Sarna said the sarovar (holy tank) of Gurdwara
  Janamsthan, Nankana Sahib, had been renovated after a
  gap of 58 years. The Government of Pakistan had
  allowed Kar Seva at the sarovar, for the first time
  after the Partition of the country. He said the holy
  water of five sarovars from different historical
  gurdwaras of India and Pakistan would be added to the
  renovated sarovar at the time of its inauguration.
  
  The kar seva of Gurdwara Chunna Mandi, birth place of
  Guru Ram Dass, founder of Amritsar, was near
  completion. He said the kar seva of more gurdwaras in
  Pakistan would be undertaken shortly .
  
  For the first time, the Pakistani High Commission had
  granted visa to Mahant Karamjit Singh and 61 other
  Seva Panthis to visit Pakistan. Another jatha of 52
  pilgrims would also leave for Pakistan on August 12.
  
  Mr Sarna and Mr Kochhar also visited the ‘samadh’ of
  Sain Mian Mir in Lahore. They said the relics
  belonging to the Gurus in the possession of the
  descendants of Sain Mian Mir were intact.