TAXILA: The Sikh temple at Gurdwara Punja Sahib on Friday echoed with slogans by Indian devotees as they crossed into Pakistan for the first time since deadly May clashes had closed the land border between the two countries.

Over 2, 000 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrived here to offer their rituals in connection with the 556 birth celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak - the founder of the Sikh religion.

Thousands of devotees, barefoot in reverence for sanctity of the land that is the birthplace of the founder of their religion, poure

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