SHOTLIST Wagah - 15 Feb, 2007 1. Arrival of train at Wagah railway station from Amaratsir 2. People gathered to receive the Indian pilgrims 3. Wide of people on bus 4. Close up of Lukshamy Dhalwan and friend on bus 5. Various of road as seen from bus Katas Raj, Saidan Shah - 15 Feb, 2007 6. Wide Lukshamy Dhalwan gets off bus 7. Wide exterior of Katas Raj forte 8. Various of people worshiping in-side the temple 9. Various of Lukshamy Dhalwan preparing offering 10. Close up of stone with offerings 11. SOUNDBITE: (English): Lukshamy Dhalwan, Pilgrim "At least 42 villages are watered by this spring" 12. Various of people taking religious bath in the stream 13. Wide of women drinking from stream 14. SOUNDBITE: (English): Lukshamy Dhalwan, Pilgrim "We are here from India for this pilgrimage, Katas Raj pilgrimage, which is the second biggest shrine in (former) north India after the (inaudible) monkey temples" 15. Cutaway river 16. SOUNDBITE: (English): Lukshamy Dhalwan, Pilgrim (audio is partly overlaid with pictures of river) "we are here for Shivratri which is considered a very big occasion amongst Hindus" 17. Close up of man taking picture 18. Lukshamy Dhalwan and friend posing for photo Katas Raj, Saidan Shah - 16 Feb, 2007 19. Arrival of Hindu pilgrims at Hindu Temple, Katas Raj 20. Mid of temple 21. Zoom out of women burning candles 22. Pan of woman signing and ready to burn candle 23. Zoom out from picture of Hindu Gods to pilgrims praying LEAD IN : For the first time in over half a century a large group of Hindu pilgrims has celebrated the festival of Shivrati in Pakistan. The Hindu devotees travelled over land from their homes in India to celebrate the feast of the marriage of the Hindu god Lord Shiva. STORYLINE : Lukshamy Dhalwan was one of the approximately 175 Hindu pilgrims who travelled from neighbouring India to Pakistan to attend the three-day Shivratri festival at the famous Katas Raj temples in Pakistan's Punjab province. (February 15 - 17). It was the first time the festival has taken placed since Pakistan and India split after independence from Britain in 1947 and is widely viewed as a another sign of the thaw between the two countries. A trickle of Hindu pilgrims from India have visited over the years, but never before in such numbers. The pilgrims were driven into the eastern city of Lahore from Wagah station where they arrived by a special train, they then left Gurudwara Dera Sahib in Lahore for celebrations at Saidan Shah where the temple is situated. Katas Raj temple, built on a hilltop named Saidan Shah about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Islamabad, is mentioned in ancient Hindu and Sikh scriptures. The Katas site houses the Satgarha - a group of seven ancient temples - remains of a Buddhist stupa (monument), a few medieval temples, havelis (palaces) and some recently constructed temples, scattered around a pond considered holy by Hindus. The temple in Chakwal district of Punjab is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is believed to be date back to ancient times. Lukshamy Dhalwan says that Katas Raj is the an important shrine for Hindus. The festival of Shivaratri is celebrated throughout India and honours the Hindu diety Lord Shiv and his marriage to the goddess Parvati. The ceremonies take place chiefly at night. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d8689b6ef736dcafd5ff74433c1abecf Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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