The Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana

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• The Delhi government has decided to include Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan under the CM’s free pilgrimage scheme for the senior citizens of the city.
• under which senior citizens of Delhi can go on pilgrimages at the government’s expense.
• “The Delhi government has decided to add two more routes in addition to the existing 13 yatra routes — Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi and Delhi-Kartarpur Sahib-Delhi — under its Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra scheme. 

What is the “Kartarpur Corridor” project?

• The corridor – often dubbed as the “Road to Peace” – will connect Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Gurdaspur district.
• Kartarpur gurudwara is the revered shrine about 4km across the border where Guru Nanak Dev spent the last 18 years of his life.
• The first guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, founded Kartarpur in 1504 AD on the right bank of the Ravi River. 
• The name Kartarpur means “Place of God”.
• The corridor was built to commemorate 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism on 12th November 2019.

About Guru Nanak:

• Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539) also referred to as Baba Nanak was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
• He advocated the ‘Nirguna’ form of Bhakti.