WSN Bureau

Dera Baba Nanak: Underlining their faith in Akalpurakh and the power of Ardas, the determined band of Sikh activists fighting to get India and Pakistan to agree to a corridor at Kartarpur Sahib held the 100th monthly Ardas on the banks of Ravi as the issue increasingly turns into a people's movement.

The Sikh community has long been demanding a corridor to Gurudwara Kartarpur in Pakistan which is just across the border, a few hundred yards. The 100th Ardaas was performed on Monday with some 6,000 devotees participating.

There is now a clear perception that the Pakistan government was all set to grant the demand and any delay was because of New Delhi's slow approach even though the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee had made a trip to the area and agreed in principle to have a corridor.

Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib stands at the place where Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, spent his last years. As the Gurudwara is situated just across the river Ravi in Pakistan, the devotees have been demanding that a corridor should be provided to facilitate the pilgrimage. The fact that the gurdwara across the border can be seen from this side in India has only further boosted the movement.