In Kartarpur, Sikh pilgrims await biggest event in their religion’s history

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Sikh pilgrims have arrived in Pakistan ahead of Saturday’s grand opening of Kartarpur Corridor which will allow access to the members of their religious community, especially from India, to visit the shrine of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh faith.
The corridor is a rare joint initiative of India and Pakistan. Its foundations were laid in November 2018 by the two governments who organized groundbreaking ceremonies on both sides of the border.
Despite tensions, disagreements, border skirmishes, diplomatic rows, aerial dog fights, and abrogation of Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status, the corridor project remained one constant India and Pakistan managed to achieve with single-minded determination.
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib is the last resting place of Guru Nanak, and an easy access to the holy site has remained a longstanding desire of some 24 million Indian Sikhs.
In these two videos, Arab News gives its readers a glimpse into the past, showing how the two governments of the rival South Asian nations decided to materialize the vision of constructing the corridor, and how things stand right ahead of Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary.