Katas Raj Temples complex starting December 17. This comes on the heels of Pakistan’s government issuing permits to 112 pilgrims seeking to visit the holy site. The visas are valid for seven days, from December 17 to 23. The 112 pilgrims are slated to begin their journey at this period. The Katas Raj Temples complex is one of the popular holy sites in Pakistan which is centered around a pond located in the Chakwal region of Punjab and is believed to be holy for the Hindus.
Additionally, more than 130 Indians were granted visas this month by the Pakistan high commission in India to visit the 313th birth anniversary festivities of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib in Sindh province. According to the media, religious trips to holy sites are covered by the 1974 Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines, and the Pakistani government annually distributes visas to Indian pilgrims.
The Narendra Modi-led Union government declared last month that the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor will reopen on November 17 to support Sikh pilgrims to make their religious trip. The Kartarpur Corridor connects the Indian border with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan and offers a visa-free passage. The 4.7-kilometer length corridor enables Indian worshipers to visit the Gurudwara without obtaining a visa. Under the New Delhi-Lahore bus diplomacy, India and Pakistan suggested the plan of Kartarpur corridor in 1999.
