The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and facilitate visa-free movement of Sikh pilgrims.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on November 8 inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor, linking the Darbar Sahib Gurdwara in Dera Baba Nanak to the Kartarpur Sahib shrine in Pakistan.
The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian pilgrims, who will have to just obtain a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was established in 1522 by Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had earlier met Modi to invite him for Kartarpur corridor opening. President Ram Nath Kovind has also accepted Amarinder Singh's invite to attend 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday said Prime Minister Modi will be coming to Dera Baba Nanak to inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor on November 8.
"On Nov 8th, history will be created with PM Narendra Modi ji inaugurating the #kartarpurcorridor (ICP). Eternally Grateful to Guru Sahab for enabling Modi ji to correct the wrong committed by @INCIndia (Congress) 72 yrs ago & connecting us to the abode of our Guru," she tweeted.
The corridor is expected to be open by Nov 2019 during the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev Ji by both India and Pakistan.
The Gurudwara is built on the location where Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent the last 18 years of his life and is located in Pakistan's Narowal district, about four km from Dera Baba Nanak on the Indian side.
After the opening of the corridor on the Indian side, Captain Amarinder will lead the first 'Jatha' (religious group) to Kartarpur Gurudwara.
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will also join the first Jatha.
The Pakistan government had extended an invitation to Dr Singh for the inauguration of Kartarpur corridor that is scheduled to be held on November 9. The Congress leader, however, declined the invitation.
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