DSGMC cancels Nagar Kirtan to Pakistan

New Delhi, June 8 (UNI) The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has cancelled the Nagar Kirtan from Gurdwara Sisganj in Delhi to the Gurdwara Panja Sahib in the Pakistani city of Lahore due to the Government of the neighbouring country allowing only 100 Sikhs to cross the border.

''The Nagar Kirtan of Sri Guru Granth Sahib has to be taken with full honour and elegance. Presence of large number of hymn singing Sikhs with orchestra, horse and elephant rider Akali Sikhs and band of brave soldiers demonstrating use of traditional Sikh weapons are a must for a Nagar Kirtan. The number of people being allowed by the Pakistan Government is same as that allowed to acompany a ward level leader.

Therefore keeping reverences of Guru Granth Sahib Ji in mind, we decided not to take Nagar Kirtan this time, ''Mr Harvinder Singh Sarna, president, DSGMC today said.

''By the grace of God, whenever we take Nagar Kirtan to any place in India or abroad, its elegance and glory will not be less than that of the Nagar Kirtan we took from Gurdwara Bangla Sahib to Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan in December last year,''Mr Sarna said.

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