FEROZEPUR, Punjab—A jatha (group) of Sikh devotees will depart for Pakistan from Attari Railway Station on April 12 to mark the Vaisakhi festival at Gurdwara Panja Sahib. The pilgrimage will continue until April 21.
Speaking to Sikh24, President of World Bhai Mardana Memorial Kirtan Darbar Society Harpal Singh Bhullar and Chairman Santokh Singh Sandhu made the announcement. They added that the program schedule has been confirmed by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Deputy Secretary Imran Godnal.
Harpal Singh shared that a religious procession will be taken out in Panja Sahib on April 13 and the ‘Khalsa Sajna Divas’ would be celebrated on April 14.
They added that the jatha will then take a tour of other prominent historical Sikh shrines including Gurdwara Nankana Sahib and Gurdwara Sacha Sauda (Faruqabad). “The jatha will then come back from Lahore on April 21 and will reach the Attari railway same day”, they said.
