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5 Years of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor

Last updated on November 11th, 2024 Posted on November 11, 2024 by NEXT IAS Current Affairs Team  385

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About Kartarpur Sahib Corridor

  • Background : The corridor was initially proposed in early 1999 by the then Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif, as part of the Delhi–Lahore Bus diplomacy initiative.
  • Developments: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the corridor on November 9, 2019, coinciding with the 550th Prakash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
    • The corridor leads to Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan’s Narowal district, where Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent his last 18 years.
Kartarpur-Sahib-Corridor
  • Features: It 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 gurdwara in Kartarpur is located on the bank of river Ravi in Pakistan.
    • India and Pakistan have agreed to extend the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement for an additional five years.
About Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539)
– He was born in a village, Talwandi Rai Bhoe, near Lahore (it was renamed later as Nankana Sahib).
– Guru Nanak Dev initiated inter-faith dialogue way back in the 16th century and had conversations with most of the religious denominations of his times.
– His written compositions were included in the Adi Granth compiled by Guru Arjan (1563-1606), the fifth Sikh guru.
1. This came to be known as Guru Granth Sahib after the additions made by the 10th guru Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708).
2. In compiling the Adi Granth, Guru Arjan showed a remarkable commitment to pluralism while retaining the unity of thought initiated by Guru Nanak Dev
– Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti is observed on the full-moon day in the month of Katak to celebrate the birth of Guru Nanak Dev 
His Beliefs 
– He advocated the ‘Nirguna’ form of bhakti. 
– He rejected sacrifices, ritual baths, image worship, austerities and the scriptures of both Hindus and Muslims.
– He set up rules for congregational worship (Sangat) involving collective recitation.
– He appointed one of his disciples, Angad, to succeed him as the preceptor (guru), and this practice was followed for nearly 200 years.

Source : TH 

 
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