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Around 250 Sikh devotees from J&K to pay obeisance at Gurudwaras in Pakistan on Baisakhi

Jammu, Apr 8 (UNI) Around 250 Sikh devotees from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be visiting Pakistan to pay obeisance at various Gurudwaras in the neighbouring Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi festival falling on April 13.
The ‘Sikh Sangat’ will leave Jammu tomorrow evening (April 9).
“A total of 261 devotees had applied for the visa, and all the names have been cleared by the concerned authorities,” one of the members from the Sangat visiting Pakistan, here told UNI.
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