How the separatist Khalistan movement paved the way for the preservation of Sikh gurdwaras in Pakistan.
![Sikh pilgrims pray at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur during the inauguration ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor in Kartarpur, Pakistan, near the Indian border on November 9, 2019 [File: Muhammed Semih Uurlu/Anadolu via Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1181121203-1-1700039609.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Muslims and Hindus once shared their sacred shrines. This changed post-Partition but some traditions have survived.
![The complex containing the shrine of Ram Thaman, a 16th-century Hindu saint, where the annual festival of Vaisakhi begins in Ram Thaman, Pakistan, this year on April 13 [Haroon Khalid/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-complex-of-Ram-Thaman-photo-Haroon-Khalid.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The backlash is coming not from ‘extremists’ but nationalists who were made to believe all Hindus are their enemies.
After India’s Babri Mosque was destroyed, a mob in Lahore sought to demolish a temple. Until a local man intervened.
Pakistan reimagines its relationship with its Sikh heritage by opening a key corridor and restoring sites of worship.
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