Overview
- The Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi on Temple Road in Lahore was formally reopened for worship on Sunday, Nov. 8, following a ceremony conducted in Sikh tradition attended by provincial ministers, ETPB officials and Sikh leaders.
- The Evacuee Trust Property Board led the refurbishment and ETPB and Punjab officials said this reopening is part of a program that will renovate more than 50 gurdwaras across Pakistan.
- Officials said the project was intended to provide better worship facilities and preserve the site for future generations, with named contributors from the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee publicly thanked for their roles in the work.
- The shrine is associated with the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib, and Sikh accounts record that regular worship stopped after Partition in 1947 when community members were killed defending the site.
- Authorities invited Sikh pilgrims from India and the diaspora to visit but warned that limited Indian approvals and restrictions on the Kartarpur Corridor must be resolved before large cross-border pilgrimages can resume.