Now Visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur Visa-Free!

You can now visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur Visa-Free! Yes this awesome news has been making headlines an here we have collaborated some facts that you need to know regarding the corridor.

1. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor which is 4-km long, on November 28, in the presence of Government of India representatives Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri.

2. The corridor is scheduled to be complete by the next year.

3. The corridor will link Pakistan's Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Gurdaspur district to facilitate visa-free movement of pilgrims from both the countries.

4. For those who don't know, Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib was established by the first Sikh Guru where Guru Nanak Dev is said to have died.

5. The proposal was first initiated by late Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he visited Lahore as part of the bus yatra which was launched by him during a peace initiative with Pakistan.

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What Is Kartarpur Corridor?

1. The corridor is located in Shakargarh in Pakistan's Punjab province, Narowal district, and according to devotees, it is believed that Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, spent more than 18 years of his life there. Located on the banks of the Ravi River, the site is three-four kilometres from Pakistan border.

2. Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Amarinder Singh’s grandfather had ordered the construction of Gurdwara Kartarpur Darbar Sahib between 1921 and 1929.

3. The corridor has been inaugurated ahead of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary next year. Every year, a number of people from India visit Pakistan to pay their respects at the holy place where Guru Nanak Dev spent the last 18 years of his life.

4. In 1999 the gurudwara was opened for the public after it was restorated by the government of Pakistan.

5. Every year pilgrims visit the gurudwara four times in a year - for Baishakhi, Guru Arjan Dev’s martyrdom, the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and Guru Nanak Dev's birthday.

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