The reopening of the corridor has made our task of reuniting families easier,” says Mr Dhillon. “The corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak, with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in India’s Punjab state. Punjabi Lehar co-founder Nasir Dhillon is on the right. Saddique Khan, left, and his brother Sikka Khan following their reunion. The Indian government reopened the 4.1km Kartarpur Corridor in November 2021 after it was shut in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.Ī bilateral diplomatic pact between the two countries allows Indian pilgrims of all faiths to undertake round-the-year visa-free travel through the passage.
Punjabi Lehar’s biggest success story has been that of reuniting two elderly brothers in Kartarpur, the Sikh pilgrimage in Pakistan, after a 74-year separation. But, until that happens, he says he’s happy to reunite dozens of other families tormented by a cruel period of history. The father-of-three says he too is keen to explore his roots and visit his ancestral village “if the Indian government provides me a visa”.
This gave me the idea to launch Punjabi Lehar,” explains Mr Dhillon. As a boy, I’d listen mesmerised to his narrations of the partition days, how he missed his relatives and friends from the village and how nice it’d be if someone could reunite them. But he was one among hordes who migrated to Pakistan. “My grandfather was from Tarn Taran village in India’s Punjab state.
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