Festival vasakhi 2020

Vaisakhi 2020 Celebrated
In States Monday, 13 April 2020 Vaisakhi Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab.

Vaisakhi marks the first day of the month of Vaisakha. It is additionally a spring harvest festival for Sikhs.
The historical significance of this day is quite intriguing.

It is believed that the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, established the famous Khalsa Panth on this day.

Vaisakhi marks the first day of the month of Vaisakha. It is additionally a spring harvest festival for Sikhs.
In Sikhism, Vaisakhi marks the start of the Khalsa in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh.
The procession is marked by people singing hymns from the Sikh texts. Some of the bigger processions keep a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib as a show of respect.

The significance of Vaisakhi as a major Sikh festival marking the birth of Sikh order started after the persecution and execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur for refusing to convert to Islam under the orders of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
This triggered the coronation of the tenth Guru of Sikhism and the historic formation of Khalsa, both on the Vaisakhi day.

Vaisakhi was also the day when colonial British empire officials committed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on a gathering, an event influential to the Indian movement against colonial rule.

On Vaisakhi,
Other Gurdwaras are decorated with lights of various colours while the Sikhs organise “Nagar Kirtan”—a procession led by five Khalsa.

Gurdwaras are decorated and hold kirtans, Sikhs visit and bathe in lakes or rivers before visiting local Gurdwaras, community fairs and nagar kirtan processions are held, and people gather to socialize and share festive foods.
raditional folk dance or Bhangra, essentially a harvest festival dance, is quite common in these cultural events. People flock to local fairs that form an integral part of the Punjabi culture.

Vaisakhi is celebrated across India, albeit the names being different in different states.
Bihu, Vishu, Poila Boishakh, Puthandu are Harvest Festival

The festival is seen as a symbol of prosperity for a prosperity and uspicious day to start a new venture.

or many Hindus, Vaisakhi celebrates the Solar new year, based on the Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar.
for Sikh.

The harvest is complete and crops ready to sell, representing a time of plenty for the farmers. Fairs and special thanksgiving pujas (prayers) are common in the Hindu tradition.

Vaisakhi coincides with the festival of 'Vishu' celebrated in Kerala a day after Vaisakhi.