Baisakhi

It is a time for the bumper crops of rice, wheat and sugarcane are ready to be harvested in the fertile farms. The hardworking farmers are elated at the yield of their efforts. The lush fields are full of the aroma of the sarson (mustard) flowers and the sweetness of the cane. The rejoicing of this festival linked to the fertility of the mother earth is to be seen to believe. Thus arises the greatest festival of the Punjab called Baisakhi. It holds great significance because on this day that the Khalsa (Sikh Brotherhood) was founded by Guru Gobind Singh.

Baisakhi is thus a festival to be celebrated with devotion and joy on 13th April each year. Time to visit the Gurdwara and pay obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib ( Holy Book). The Holy Book is taken out in a procession led by Panj Pyaras (5 senior Sikhs) to symbolize the original leaders.

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