The government of Pakistan had issued visas to those who had applied for visas to go on pilgrimage to holy places in Pakistan.
The Government of Pakistan on the 21st of December issued visas to 47 Indians who had applied for visas to visit the Sri Kadas Raj temples in the Sakwal district of Pakistan’s Punjab province. They have been given permission to make this pilgrimage between December 23 and 29.
Pakistan High Commission in Delhi issued visas to a group of 48 pilgrims at 8 pm on Tuesday leaving no time for the organizers of the pilgrimage – Kendriya Sanatan Dharam Sabha – with no time to inform the pilgrimage aspirants about their visit to Pakistan. The Hindu yatra was scheduled to leave for Katasraj cluster of temples in Chakwal district of Pakistan via Attari land border on Tuesday. The Hindus were to celebrate Mokshda Ekadashi and Shri Gita Jayanti Utsav besides taking a holy bath in the pond of Katasraj’s cluster of temples.
Devotees from all over the world visit the Shadani Darbar Temple, which is considered to be more than 300 centuries old. The temple was established in the year 1706 by Sadhu Shadaram Sahib, who was born in Lahore in 1708.