Vaisakhi News
Punjabis around are getting ready to celebrate Baisakhi, the auspicious harvest festival, in style and grandeur.
This year Baisakhi will be celebrated on April 14, Friday
People visit their place of worship – Gurudwaras, and take part in nagar kirtan among other festivities
Traditionally, kada prasad(wheat halwa) is served to mark the day which symbolizes sweet beginnings
Various Sikh religious organizations will send Sikh jathas to Pakistan to celebrate Vaisakhi.
Its main function is being held at Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hasan Abdal, Pakistan.
Over 2500 Indian Sikh devotees are expected to be part of various jathas going to Pakistan.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (April 12) extended greetings to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities.
US President Joe Biden wished people celebrating festivals like Vaisakhi, Navratri and Songkran.
The auspicious occasion of Baisakhi or Vaisakhi will be celebrated this year on April 14. It usually falls on the 13 or 14 of this month as per the Nanakshahi calendar and the Mool Nanakshahi Calendar. One of the major festivals in North India, Baisakhi holds greater significance for the Sikhs.
The spring festival of Baisakhi or Vaisakhi will fall on Wednesday (April 14) this year
This joyous day marks the Sikh New Year and is celebrated in Punjab and North India
Baisakhi also marks the harvest of rabi crops as farmers thank God for their good harvest
Baisakhi marks the birth of the Khalsa way of living in the Sikh religion and commemorates the formation of Khalsa Panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1699.
Here's wishing everyone a very happy Baisakhi
Here's wishing our readers a 'Happy Baisakhi'!
Attari-Wagah joint check post on Indo-Pak border witnessed a lively and colourful Thursday evening as hundreds of people gathered on the Indian side of the border for the annual harvest festival celebrations of Baisakhi.
With over 65 per cent of Americans ignorant about Sikhism, the Sikhs in the US are launching a million-dollar awareness campaign to inform them about their religion amid a spike in hate crimes against the minority community in the country.
The harvest festival of Baisakhi is here and the celebratory spirit can be felt in the atmosphere. Baisakhi or Vaisakhi also marks the Sikh New Year and happens to celebrate the formation of Khalsa Panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. The spirit of spring harvest festival is celebrated across the country.
Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday lauded the special contribution of Sikhs to British life through their hard work and entrepreneurial spirit.
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919 when a crowd of non-violent protesters, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army.
The festival of harvest, Vaisakhi is being celebrated in northern part of the country on Wednesday.
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