Archive for the ‘Besakhi’ Category

3000 Sikh pilgrims due in Hassanabdal

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Around 3,000 Sikh pilgrims, mostly from India, are expected to arrive in Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hassanabdal to attend the 312th Besakhi festival.Talking to newsmen in Hassanabdal on Thursday, deputy secretary (shrines) Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Syed Faraz Abbas said Indian Sikh pilgrims would arrive in Hassanabdal on April 11 through special trains via Wagah [...]

ETPB making preparations for Baisakhi festival

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* Chairman says 4,000 pilgrims had visited Pakistan last year * Visitors play role of goodwill ambassadors for Pakistan By Afnan Khan LAHORE: The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and concerned authorities are all set to host the Baisakhi festival with around 8,000 foreign guests, mostly Sikh pilgrims from all over the world, from the [...]

Sikh pilgrims reach Hassanabdal for Besakhi

Sikhs from across the world started pouring into the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal to celebrate the festival of Besakhi every year. Followers of Sikhism, who are coming from even from Canada and the United States as well as different parts of Pakistan, including the restive tribal region, will be renewing the pledge to exercise [...]

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