Overview
- Pakistan has issued about 2,150 visas for Indian Sikhs expected to cross at Wagah on November 4 for rites at Nankana Sahib running November 3–5.
- Celebrations have opened at Nankana Sahib, with a special train delivering 932 pilgrims from Sindh and arrangements active across key gurdwaras.
- Punjab authorities in Pakistan have created dedicated hospital wards in Lahore and Faisalabad and set up facilitation points, banks and medical posts near the shrine.
- Rangers, police, special forces and the ETPB’s security wing are deployed, with officials expecting roughly 30,000 devotees from Pakistan and abroad.
- In Indian Punjab, light-and-sound shows on Guru Tegh Bahadur begin November 4, a tent city at Anandpur Sahib will host 10,000–12,000 daily from November 19–30, and multiple processions converge there November 20–25.