LAHORE: Eighty-four Hindu pilgrims arrived in Pakistan from India via Wagah Border on Sunday to celebrate the 316th birth anniversary of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib at a shrine in the Sindh province, officials said.
The issuance of visas is covered under the framework of Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974.
“Some 84 Hindu pilgrims led by Yushishthar Lal arrived here from India to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shri Guru Swami Shadaram, an incarnation of Lord Shiva,” Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) spokesperson Ghulam Mohayuddin told the Press Trust of India.
He added that ETPB Additional Secretary of Shrines Saifullah Khokhar welcomed the pilgrims at the Wagah Border and presented bouquets on behalf of the Board’s Chairman Syed Ata-ur-Rehman.
The Hindu pilgrims proceeded directly from the Wagah Border to Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi, Sindh, where the main celebrations and religious rituals would take place.
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