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Guru Nanak's gurpurab observed at Kartarpur 

KARTARPUR SAHIB: The Gurpurab of the founder of Sikhism Sri Guru Nanak Dev was observed at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib here in the presence of Sikh Sangat and local Muslims. 

The sangat converged at the Gurdwara on all three days beginning September 20. After the bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib on September 22, the kirtani jatha of Sindhi Sikhs and the kirtani jathas from Punjab rendered the hymns. 

The American Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee’s coordinator Dr. Prithpal Singh thanked the Wakf Board chairman Syed Asif Hashmi and other local Pakistan officials for all the arrangements for the Gurpurab. 

Jathedar Kuldip Singh Wadala and the Pakistani government had underlined that both New Delhi and Islamabad could seriously move forward on the question of special corridor connecting Sri Kartarpur Sahib with Dera Baba Nanak.  

Bhai Amrik Singh and Balvinder Singh Chabal of Khalra Mission Committee also thanked the Pakistan government for administrative arrangements.  

Dr Swaran Singh, Sardar Shyam Singh and Sardar Bhishen Singh represented the Pakistani Sikhs.  

16 September 2009
 

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