Guru Nanak's sandals will arrive in Mumbai on Sunday

MUMBAI: For the first time in Sikhism history, the kharaun or wooden sandals of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak will arrive in the city on September 22.
The relic is being carried aboard a special bus turned into a palki that left Nankana Sahib, the Guru's birthplace in Pakistan, on August 1, and after crossing Wagah border and travelling thousands of km through 11 states, will reach Navi Mumbai on September 21.Part of the celebrations for Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary, which falls on November 12, the palki will be set up for darshan at Khalsa College on September 23.
At Khalsa College, thousands of devotees are expected to attend the kirtan and seek blessings. Organised by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex body which organises the Gurdwaras in India, the procession is being received warmly by members of Sikh community and others too. "Seeing the Guru's kharaun is like seeing the Guru himself ," said Jasbir Singh Dham, member of the processions' route committee.
Former DGP and route committee member Dr P S Pasricha said,"The purpose is to take the Guru's message that God is one and all humans are brothers," said Pasricha. Khalsa College's chairman and SGPC member Gurinder Singh Bawa said since it is a rare occasion, the procession at the college would be welcomed by showering flowers from a helicopter, and devotes would be offered lunch as well.