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Indian Sikh pilgrims wave to onlookers after arriving at the Wagah border in Pakistan to attend the Baisakhi festival on Monday, April 11.

Harvest celebration: Pilgrims arrive for Baisakhi festival in Pakistan

By Elena Grothe

According to Reuters: Hundreds of Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan to celebrate the Baisakhi festival at the shrines of Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev. Baisakhi is the beginning of the solar year in the Indian state of Punjab.

Read more on the Baisakhi festival here.

See our slideshow of images from Pakistan here.

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