HARIDWAR: A contingent of 223 Hindu devotees from Pakistan’s Sindh province has embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to India. Upon reaching Harkipauri in Haridwar, they followed ancient customs and performed a pious ritual of immersing their ancestors’ ashes in the holy Ganges River.
These pilgrims carefully kept the remains of their deceased family members for a long time. They immerse their ancestors’ ashes in the sacred waters of the Ganges on Sundays to honor their ancestors, as per the Hindu scriptures, which say that placing ashes in the Ganges will free the souls of their ancestors. I believe that you can receive salvation.
Thanks to special visas issued by Indian authorities, these Pakistani pilgrims initially traveled to various holy sites across India.
Their spiritual journey culminated with a visit to Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. This was considered a very fortunate opportunity for them. Today, they fulfilled their duty by submerging the ashes of their ancestors in the sacred waters of Halki His Pauri.
“Our journey lasts for 25 days. We arrived in Haridwar yesterday carrying my father’s ashes,” said one of the Pakistani pilgrims.
Pilgrims have highlighted the challenges of traveling from Pakistan to India and appealed to the Indian government to simplify visa procedures. They emphasized the importance of obtaining visas on time to facilitate the pilgrimage.
(With inputs from ANI)
These pilgrims carefully kept the remains of their deceased family members for a long time. They immerse their ancestors’ ashes in the sacred waters of the Ganges on Sundays to honor their ancestors, as per the Hindu scriptures, which say that placing ashes in the Ganges will free the souls of their ancestors. I believe that you can receive salvation.
Thanks to special visas issued by Indian authorities, these Pakistani pilgrims initially traveled to various holy sites across India.
Their spiritual journey culminated with a visit to Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. This was considered a very fortunate opportunity for them. Today, they fulfilled their duty by submerging the ashes of their ancestors in the sacred waters of Halki His Pauri.
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Pilgrims have highlighted the challenges of traveling from Pakistan to India and appealed to the Indian government to simplify visa procedures. They emphasized the importance of obtaining visas on time to facilitate the pilgrimage.
(With inputs from ANI)
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