The first batch of 630 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the annual Hajj pilgrimage of 2023. Around 630 pilgrims in white dresses hymned spiritual chants ‘Here I am, O Allah, here I am’ as they said good bye amid hugs and kisses to their relatives.“This is my first pilgrimage. The pilgrims were transported …
Right by the Ravi river-bed in Pakistan’s Narowal district of Punjab, with hardly a building in the distance on any side, the three-storey Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is a lonely and unique structure. The corridor would connect the Indian town of Baba Dera Nanak in Gurdaspur district, where the Sikh founder Guru Nanak spent much of his life and the Kartarpur …