LAHORE: A number of Sikh pilgrims on Sunday returned home, urging governments of both India and Pakistan to end all sorts of visa restrictions by opening borders for pilgrims in particular and the public in general.

Over 2,500 Sikh pilgrims, who had arrived in Lahore on Nov 20 for a 10-day tour to participate in the 547th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib district, returned to India by three special trains.

`We desire that Pakistan end visa restrictions for pilgrims, enabling us to visit temples of our gurus. And India too should end visa restrictions for Pakistani devotees,` deputy group leader Sardar Gurbachan Singh said while talking to media at the Lahore Railway Station.

Pilgrims group leader Sardar Gurmeet Singh said arrangements were really appreciable.

Evacuee Trust Property Board Chairman Siddiqu1 Farooq said the officials served the Sikh pilgrims as a part of their duty.