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The Pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib

Sikhism Routes

The pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib, Guru Nanak's birthplace in present day Punjab, Pakistan, draws thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world each year, most heavily around Gurpurb, the anniversary of Guru Nanak's birth. Because the site lies across the India-Pakistan border, the pilgrimage has historically depended on special cross-border arrangements between the two governments, most recently the Kartarpur Corridor opened in 2019 for the separate but nearby Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.

Facts
Attributions
Associated Religion
Sikhism 1
Tradition
Sikh 1
Site
Pilgrimage
Major pilgrimage destination today 1
Practice
Frequency
Annual 1
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 2
Connections

Associated With

India, Countries

This source names India directly: "draws thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world each year, most heavily around Gurpurb, the anniversary of Guru Nanak's birth."

Source J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (New Cambridge History of India II.3)J. S. Grewal
Kartarpur, Cities

This source names Kartarpur directly: "the two governments, most recently the Kartarpur Corridor opened in 2019 for the separate but nearby Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur."

Source J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (New Cambridge History of India II.3)J. S. Grewal
Pakistan, Countries

This source names Pakistan directly: "birthplace in present day Punjab, Pakistan, draws thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world each year, most heavily around Gurpurb, the anniversary of Guru Nanak's birth."

Source J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (New Cambridge History of India II.3)J. S. Grewal

Belongs to Tradition

Sikhism, Religions
Source J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (New Cambridge History of India II.3)J. S. Grewal

Instance Of

Pilgrimage, Practices

Related To

Nankana Sahib, Sacred Sites
The Panj Takht, Pilgrimage Routes
Sources
1. J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (New Cambridge History of India II.3)
J. S. Grewal, Cambridge University Press, 1998on Nankana Sahib and Sikh pilgrimage practiceView the Source
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism
Harbans Singh (editor-in-chief), Punjabi University, Patiala, 1998s.v. Nankana SahibView the Source
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