Baisakhi 2023: The harvest festival of the Sikhs is here. Also known as ‘Vaisakhi’ or ‘Basoa,’ the festival is marked on the first day of the Vaisakh month, which falls on April 13 or 14 in Punjab and Haryana. Celebrated with much fervour, the festival marks the beginning of the new year. It is a harvest festival since Rabi crops are collected. People celebrate the day by bursting firecrackers, wearing new clothes, distributing sweets, celebrating with near and dear ones, visiting Gurudwaras, langars and nagar kirtans and more. Apart from this, Baisakhi also marks the foundation day of the Khalsa community. It is the day when the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh called a special assembly to ask people to lay down their lives for God. After that five people came forward who were later recognized as the ‘Panj Pyaare.’
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