Baisakhi Festival

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The festival of Baisakhi is being celebrated in Punjab with devotion, enthusiasm and brotherhood.

About Baisakhi Festival

• Baisakhi, also known as Vaisakhi, is the popular spring harvest festival which is celebrated in Northern India, especially by the Sikh/Punjabi community.
• It is traditionally observed on the first day of the month of Vaishakha in the Hindu solar calendar, which falls in April. 
• The annual festival is observed on April 13 or 14. It marks the Sikh New Year.
• It is primarily a harvest festival, where farmers express gratitude for a good crop yield. It symbolizes prosperity, hard work, and new beginnings.
• It holds special importance for the Sikh community, as in 1699, the foundation of the ‘Khalsa Panth’ or the ‘order of the free/pure ones’ was laid down on Baisakhi by the tenth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh. 
  • The Khalsa was founded by him at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, in front of thousands.
• However, as it coincides with the Hindu New Year for many communities that follow the solar calendar, variations of the festival are observed in other regions across India. For instance, we will find Baisakhi being celebrated as 
  • Pohela/Poila Boishakh or Nobo Borsho as the Bengali New Year
  • Vishu marking the end of the spring equinox in Kerala
  • Bohag Bihu in Assam
  • Puthandu as the Tamil New Year
  • Vaishakha in honor of Surya, the Sun God in Bihar.

Source: NOA

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