Hazoor Sahib journey on foot

AMRITSAR: On the occasion of 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Rana Sangram Singh a walker from Lucknow began with his walk from Amritsar to Hazoor Sahib Nanded Maharashtra covering the five Takhts on Friday

Updated At : 06:16 AM Nov 24, 2018 IST

Rana Sangram Singh shows his route plan. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Charanjit Singh Teja

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 23

On the occasion of 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Rana Sangram Singh, a walker from Lucknow, began with his walk from Amritsar to Hazoor Sahib, Nanded, Maharashtra, covering the five Takhts on Friday.

Sangram Singh (50) will travel 3,000 km (approx) during this journey. As per the plan, after prayer at Akal Takht in Amritsar, he will visit Damdama Sahib (Bathinda), Keshgarh Sahib (Anandpur Sahib), Harmandir Sahib (Patna) and Hazoor Sahib (Nanded). Rana Sangram Singh left his private job of marketing recently. He says that the walk is self-sponsored. Rana walks alone and takes food and shelter in gurdwaras, mandirs and sometimes restaurants.

Earlier, Rana Sangram Singh took up three walks from Ayodhya to Rameshwaram from November 22, 2007 to February 24, 2008, Rameshwaram to Ayodhya from October 25 , 2011 to February 19 2012 and Dwarka Dham to Jagannath Puri in 2015.

“I had visited Delhi and attended some religious functions and got enlightened about Sikhism. I am a devotee of Guru Gobind Singh as I am inspired by his revolutionary image. The Gurus sacrificed for the Hindus. I decided to visit all the Sikh Takhts to pay homage to Sikh Gurus,” said Rana Sangram Singh. Rana claimed that he is fit for the journey and face the challenges.