Facilitating visitors: Tour operators for Hindu, Sikh devotees in a offing
There are during slightest 82 eremite sites in Punjab for Hindus. PHOTO: INP
LAHORE: Tour operators will be purebred to arrange visits to shrines and holy sites of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan for devotees from opposite a world. The beginning was being taken by a Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
“The series of Sikh devotees entrance to Pakistan increases each year, therefore, a preference to register debate operators is being taken to foster them,” ETPB Chairperson Siddique-ul-Farooq told The Express Tribune.
The operators will work on a lines of Hajj debate operators and offer opposite packages for a devotees depending on a length and series of sites to be visited, ETPB officials said.
They combined a sum of these packages will also be uploaded on an online website from where devotees vital in opposite countries would be means to hit operators and scrutinise about package deals, including pricing and other associated facilities. The operators will also arrange for a accommodation of a devotees in opposite places.
“Devotees from opposite a universe revisit a birth place of Guru Nanak each year,” an ETPB central said. Panja Saheb, Rohri Saheb, Gurdwara Guru Arjun Singh, Samadhi of Mahraja Ranjit Singh among other shrines are situated in Pakistan.
“Many devotees from opposite a universe will be captivated towards guided tours and it will also assistance foster tourism,” a central said, adding a modalities are being finalised and debate operators for a devotees will start functioning soon.
A abounding land
“There are dozens of poignant temples in Pakistan, infancy of them exist in Sindh. The Katasraj church is one of a holiest sites in Punjab for Hindus. It is dedicated to a Hindu lord, Shiva, and is believed to have existed given a days of Mahabharta,” pronounced a official.
“Another critical Hindu tabernacle in Pakistan is Hinglaj Mata church in Tharparkar, Sindh. There are during slightest 82 eremite sites in Punjab for Hindus. The series of eremite places for Hindus in Sindh is larger than those in Punjab. It will be a good step if a supervision starts tours for these sites for devotees.”
Published in The Express Tribune, Oct 17th, 2016.
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