Religious group of around 1942 Sikh pilgrims left for Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi festival and Khalsa Sajna Diwas from the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee here on Tuesday.
Pakistan High Commission has granted visas to 6700 Sikh Pilgrims for visting various Sikh shrines in Pakistan. Sikh piligrms would leave for Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah land route here. The Jatha would return on April 19
The Jatha was led by SGPC member Jang Bahadur Singh, Deputy leader Bibi Joginder Kaur from Bathinda.