Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from across the world have gathered at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab province to celebrate the 549th birth anniversary of Sikhim’s founder Guru Nanak Dev.
Security was beefed up in and around the gurdwara - one of the most sacred places of Sikh religion - where dozens of officials from the security agencies were deployed, Dawn reported on Monday.
Over 3,800 Indian Sikh pilgrims and thousands of Sikh and Hindu devotees from various parts of Pakistan, especially Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and interior Sindh, arrived at the gurdwara to perform their rituals which include ‘Akhand Path’, ‘Ashnan’, ‘Matha Teak’ and ‘Kirtan’, the paper said.