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| July 5, 2009 | | Pakistani Hindus allowed to travel to India to immerse ashes of ancestors | | Karachi: Hundreds of Hindus based in Sindh province would now be able to travel to India to immerse the ashes of their ancestors in the holy River Ganga, as they have been granted visas after decades of denial by the Pakistani authorities. Now, that the authorities have allowed Hindus to
travel to India, it is expected that several people of the community would be
visiting India to perform the last rights of their ancestors and immerse the ashes
in the holy water of the River Ganga for eternal transformation the body in accordance
with the Hindu mythology. Ashes of about 130 Hindus are lying at local cremation
ground here alone, as authorities have denied giving important traveling documents
to people for long and the heightened tension between India and Pakistan after
the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, which made the matters worse, The Daily Times reports.
It may be noted that the Union Home Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry
had agreed to issue the visas to Pakistani Hindus recently during a meeting with
the office bearers of the South Asia Fraternity. Meanwhile, in Hardwar, where
the ashes are to be immersed, two ashrams have offered to provide free accommodation
and food to the visiting Pakistani Hindus during their stay.
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