{"id":98250,"date":"2026-04-14T13:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=98250"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:13:06","slug":"baisakhi-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/baisakhi-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Baisakhi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Baisakhi Festival Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival of Baisakhi is being celebrated in Punjab with devotion, enthusiasm and brotherhood. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Baisakhi Festival<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baisakhi, also known as <\/span><b>Vaisakhi, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the popular <\/span><b>spring harvest festival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is celebrated in Northern India, especially by the <\/span><b>Sikh\/Punjabi community.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is traditionally observed on the <\/span><b>first day of the month of Vaishakha in the Hindu solar calendar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which falls in <\/span><b>April<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual festival is observed on <\/span><b>April 13 or 14.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It marks the <\/span><b>Sikh New Year.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>primarily a harvest festival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where farmers express gratitude for a good crop yield. It symbolizes prosperity, hard work, and new beginnings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It holds special importance for the Sikh community, as in<\/span><b> 1699,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> foundation of the \u2018Khalsa Panth\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the \u2018<\/span><b>order of the free\/pure one<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u2019 was <\/span><b>laid down on Baisakhi by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the t<\/span><b>enth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Khalsa was <\/span><b>founded by him at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in front of thousands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as it <\/span><b>coincides with the Hindu New Year for many communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that follow the solar calendar, v<\/span><b>ariations of the festival <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are observed in other regions across India. For instance, we will find Baisakhi being <\/span><b>celebrated as\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Pohela\/Poila Boishakh or Nobo Borsho as the Bengali New Year<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vishu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marking the end of the spring equinox in <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bohag Bihu in Assam<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Puthandu as the Tamil New Year<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b><b>Vaishakha in honor of Surya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Sun God in Bihar.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/baisakhi-festival-celebrated-in-punjab-with-devotion-and-enthusiasm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NOA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baisakhi Festival is the popular spring harvest festival which is celebrated in Northern India, especially by the Sikh\/Punjabi community. 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