Obeisance at Darbar Sahib: emotional and spiritual moment for devotees

It was an emotional and spiritual moment for the devotees who paid obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur on the inaugural day of the cross-border passage, and they hoped it will become a "peace corridor" in future.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh were among the over 500 pilgrims from India who visited the gurdwara on Saturday.

"It was a good beginning to normalise the relations between the two countries (India and Pakistan)," Manmohan Singh told PTI, after his return from Kartarpur.

He said he took a 'parikrama' of the Darbar Sahib Gurdwara. The former prime minister said said the family of Lakha Singh, who donated 16 acres of land for the project, must be honoured.

His wife Gursharan Kaur said, "Peace should prevail and hopefully this will become a peace corridor."
"It was an epic moment," Anita said. Amarjit said, "It was great to worship that man who felt no difference between Hindu or Muslim."
Former Union minister and Congress's Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari said, "It was a spiritual and emotional moment." "It was an atmosphere of spirituality and religiosity."
His son and SAD chief Sukhbir Badal described his experience as "amazing."