Presentation on Vaisakhi Festival
                     
Baisakhi, also typed Vaisakhi, may be the festival which celebrates Sikh Year and also the founding from the Sikh community, referred to as Khalsa, in 1699.  It's celebrated on April 13 or 14.  It had been initially a harvest festival within the Punjab before it grew to become the Sikh's most significant festival.  The storyline of Baisakhi  In 1699, Sikhs throughout the Punjab collected together to celebrate the neighborhood harvest festival of Baisakhi.  Guru Gobind Singh left a tent transporting a sword and requested that anybody ready to give his existence for his religion come forward.  A youthful Sikh came forward and disappeared in to the tent using the Guru. Then your Guru reappeared alone together with his sword covered in bloodstream and requested for an additional volunteer.  It was repeated another four occasions until as many as five Sikhs choose to go in to the tent with him.  Everybody present was very worried until finally all five emerged in the tent alive, with Guru Gobind Singh, and putting on turbans.  The 5 grew to become referred to as Panj Piare, or 'Beloved Five'.  The boys were then baptised in to the Khalsa through the Guru. He stated some hopes within the five plus they were sprinkled using the amrit.  This is the way the Amrit ceremony came to exist which five Sikhs grew to become the very first people from the Khalsa. 



Vaisakhi Festival

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Vaisakhi or Baisakhi Festival falls on 14th April every 
year.  People  of  North  India,  particularly  Punjab 
celebrates harvesting crops also.
 
Trip  to Gurudwaras,  Vaisakhi  programs,  traditional 
performances  are  the  traditional  highlights  during 
the day. Baisakhi has special importance to Sikhs as 
on this day in 1699, their tenth Guru Gobind Singh 
Ji organized an order bring Khalsa.


Vaisakhi is an 
ancient festival of 
Punjabis, and it also 
celebrated as New 
Year for spring 
harvest.

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History of Vaisakhi

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 In 1699, Sikhs throughout the Punjab collected together to celebrate 
the  harvest festival of Baisakhi.

Guru Gobind Singh left a tent and requested that anybody ready to 
give his existence for his religion come forward.

A youthful Sikh came forward and disappeared in to the tent. Then 
Guru reappeared alone together with his sword covered in 
bloodstream and requested for an additional volunteer.

 It was repeated in another  four occasions until as many as five Sikhs 
choose to go in to the tent with him.

Everybody present was very worried till all five emerged in the tent 
alive, with Guru Gobind Singh, and putting on turbans.

The 5 were referred as Panj Piare, or 'Beloved Five'.
This is the way the Amrit ceremony came to exist and five Sikhs grew 
to become the very first people from the Khalsa.


Traditions and customs

The festival of Baisakhi is well known for its charm 
of  Punjab.  People  perform  Baisakhi  traditions  and 
customs  during  the  day  with  truthfulness  and 
devotion.  Since  Baisakhi  is well  known  because  of 
the  birth  of  Guru  Gobind  Singh  ­  The  Tenth  Sikh 
Guru  and  also  the  foundation  day's  Khalsa  Panth. 
Major  activities  for  the  festival  are  done  in  the 
Gurdwaras. As Sikhs go to get blessing of God. 


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Harvest Festival

Baisakhi is well known as a “harvest festival” 
because of  the large farming community in Punjab 
and Haryana. Baisakhi marks the harvesting of the 
rabi crops(winter crops) or other crops. Because of 
selling of the crops famers earn huge amount of 
money. They celebrate this festival due to this 
reason also.


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