On the
Kartarpur corridor a 500-year-old well discovered.
It`s believed to have been built during the lifetime of the founder of Sikhism
Guru Nanak Dev. At the enclosure of a gurdwara on the Kartarpur corridor which
will facilitate easy passage of Sikh pilgrims to the historic Gurdwara Darbar
Sahib in Pakistan.The well was discovered while digging the enclosure of
Gurdwara Dera Sahib Kartarpur, some 125 kilometres from Lahore, on the
Kartarpur corridor, caretaker of gurdwara Sardar Gobind Singh told the press. It
will also be a great attraction for the Indian Sikhs due here on the 550th
birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, he said. The year 2019 marks the 550th
birth anniversary year of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose birthplace is
Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan.The corridor will facilitate visa-free travel of
Indian Sikh pilgrims to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur. On November 26
last year, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone of the Dera
Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib Corridor (up to the International Border) at an
event at Mann village of Gurdaspur district of Punjab.On November 28, Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone for the 4-kilometer
corridor which is expected to be completed by 2019.
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