Lahore, Nov 5 (PTI) Over 2,000 Indian pilgrims and thousands of local and foreign Sikhs on Wednesday participated in the 556th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Nankana Sahib district of Pakistan's Punjab province.

Sikh holy procession of Palki Sahib, a gold palanquin, was taken out from Gurdwara Janamasthan to Gurdwara Kiara Sahib, in Nankana Sahib, to celebrate the birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

Over 2,000 Sikhs who arrived here from India and thousands of local and foreign Sikhs participated in the main ceremony in Nankana Sahib, some 89 km from Lahore. The Pakistan government had issued 2,150 visas to Indian Sikhs to attend Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary.

ETPB spokesperson Ghulam Mohyuddin told PTI that some 2,100 Sikhs arrived in Lahore

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