Pak devotees reached Nizamuddin Dargah to offer prayers

New Delhi. On Monday afternoon, 60 pilgrims from Pakistan offered prayers at the famous Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah in the capital Delhi. Significantly, with the announcement of the reopening of the Kartarpur corridor last week, India had allowed pilgrims from Pakistan to visit India. During the Corona period, there was a ban on the movement of pilgrims between India and Pakistan, although now the movement of pilgrims has resumed under the bilateral agreement of 1974. Pakistani pilgrims are on a visit to India from November 18 to 25 on the occasion of 718th Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya.

Mohammad Arshad, who came to offer prayers at Hazrat Nizamuddin, said that he has come to India for the first time from Lahore, he loved coming to India and he did not face any kind of problem during his visit. Another devotee said that he found a lot of love in India. He said that his childhood wish was to come and attend the Nizamuddin Dargah, which has now been fulfilled. He said that he prayed that the tension between the two countries should be reduced, relations should be good, and the movement of devotees would continue. He said that the visa policy should be simple, so that the pilgrims can travel easily.

Acting Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan Aftab Hasan, who came to the dargah with Pakistani pilgrims, told News18 that 60 pilgrims have come from Pakistan on the occasion of Urs, due to Kovid, the movement was closed for some time but now it has started again. He said that according to the protocol of 1974, the devotees were moving and moving. Hassan said that it is expected that the movement of pilgrims will continue even further and this augurs well for Indo-Pak bilateral relations.

Despite the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, religious diplomacy is once again getting stronger. Last week, the Modi government had once again opened the Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan for pilgrims. This decision was taken keeping in mind the sentiments of Sikh devotees on the occasion of Guru Parab. Along with this, a batch of about two and a half thousand Sikh pilgrims have gone on a tour of Pakistan from the Wagah Attari border. Significantly, due to the 1974 agreement, pilgrims from India and Pakistan can go to each other country and visit religious places.