Kartarpur corridor: The Kartarpur Corridor has

The Kartarpur Corridor has been closed from the Indian side for five weeks despite a prevailing ceasefire between India and Pakistan and growing calls for its reopening. Kartarpur CorridorThe Union cabinet has approved the construction of a ‘ corridor ’ linking India with the historic Kartarpur gurdwara on the banks of the Ravi river, in Pakistan. Kartarpur gurudwara is the revered shrine across the border where Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism spent the last 18 years of his life. The corridor will connect the holy shrines of Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in Gurdaspur district of Punjab in India with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan. The length ... The Kartarpur Corridor serves as a visa-free border crossing and religious corridor , linking the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur near Narowal in Pakistan to Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district in India. The Kartarpur Corridor , hailed as a symbol of religious harmony, allows Sikhs from India to visit the gurdwara in Pakistan. (Photo: India Today) India and Pakistan have agreed to extend the validity of the agreement on the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for another five years. The diplomatic decision ...