Baisakhi 2025: Celebrated on the first day of the month of Vaisakh, the day marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. It's a revered day for the Sikh community as it commemorates the formation of the Khalsa Panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. The spring harvest festival of Baisakhi is also known as Vaisakhi and will be observed on Monday, April 14, this year.
Great enthusiasm and vigour surround this festival as it is an auspicious time especially for the Sikh community. Grand celebrations taking place in Punjab and hence the festival is also dubbed as Punjabi New Year.
As per popular belief, the tenth and last Sikh Guru ‘Guru Gobind Singh’ established the Khalsa on Vaisakhi day, in 1699. Guru Gobind Singh, the last Sikh Guru “eliminated the difference between higher and lower caste communities and declared that all human beings are equal,” Drik Panchang states.
The day begins with morning prayer several processions led by five Khalsas called Nagar Kirtan. On this day, devotees visit Gurudwaras, distribute langar and later in the day visit Vaisakhi melas which feature Bhangra and Gidda performances, folk songs, amusement rides and delicious food. Farmers thank nature for the abundant crop harvest and seek blessings for next harvest.
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