2,856 Visas Issued by Pakistan to Indian Sikh Pilgrims for Baisakhi Festivities

According to protocol, these devotees who are granted visitor visas can only travel in groups, the number of which is regulated annually.

This procedure applies to five Indian shrines: Ajmer’s Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti, Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Hazrat Amir Khusro, Sirhind Sharif, Punjab’s Hazrat Mujaddid Alf Sani, and Kaliyar Sharif’s Hazrat Khwaja Alauddin Ali Ahmed Sabir.

There are 15 shrines in Pakistan that are subject to protocols, which include Gurudwara Shri Nankana Sahib and Gurudwara Sri Panja Sahib located in Rawalpindi.

Additionally, the Samadhi of Maharaj Ranjit Singh, Gurudwara Diwan Khana, Gurudwara Shaheed Ganj, Singhanian, and Gurudwara Bhai Tara Singh are also included in the list of shrines subject to these protocols.

Gurudwara of Sixth Guru, Mozang, Birthplace of Shri Guru Ram Das, Gurudwara Cheveen Padshahi, Shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh, Gurudwara Shri Dera Sahib, Gurudwara Janam Asthan, Mozang and Shrine at Sree Katasraj in Lahore; Shadani Darbar in Sindh’s Hyat Pitafi as well as Sadhu Bela in Khanpur and Mirpur Mathelo (Sindh) are also included.