A 200-member jatha of Sikh devotees that was stranded at the Attari Railway Station after the Union Foreign Ministry did not allow them to travel through train today crossed over to Pakistan via the road route.
The purpose of the visit is to observe the martyrdom day of fifth Sikh guru Guru Arjan Dev at Dehra Sahib in Lahore.
The pilgrims were stranded at the railway station after the Indian authorities refused to allow a special Pakistan train from entering India. The devotees had also staged a protest and raised slogans at the railway station yesterday against the government authorities concerned.
The Pakistan government had granted visa to 485 Sikh devotees who had applied through the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Bhai Mardana Yaadgari Kirtan Darbar Society (Ferozepur), Khalra Mission Committee and Nankana Sahib Sikh Yatri Jatha.
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