India-Pakistan border people celebrate 300-year old annual Chamliyal fair

Indian Border Security Force officials, left, offer a holy cloth handed by Pakistani rangers at the shrine of a Sufi saint Baba Dalip Singh Manhas during the annual Chamliyal fair near the India-Pakistan international border at Chamliyal post, about 47 kilometers (29 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 27, 2013. The over 300-year old festival is celebrated on the fourth Thursday every June at two spots, one at Chamliyal in the Indian territory and the other at Saidanwali in Pakistan in honor of the saint. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Channi Anand>

Indian Border Security Force soldiers watch a Pakistani vehicle carrying water from a pond, believed to be holy, for Pakistani pilgrims near the shrine of a Sufi saint Baba Dalip Singh Manhas during the annual Chamliyal fair near the India-Pakistan international border at Chamliyal post, about 47 kilometers (29 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 27, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Channi Anand>

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