In 2024 Vaisakhi takes place on Saturday 13 April. It was originally a harvest festival in the Punjab until it became Sikhism's most important festival. In 1699, Sikhs from all over the Punjab ...

It is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils all over. They light bonfires, dance, hold cattle races. The houses boast of ...

Vaisakhi had been a harvest festival but took on a greater significance for Sikhs in 1699 when, in the Punjab region, Guru Gobind Singh, brandished a sword before his followers and asked anyone ...

The festival mostly celebrates the spring harvest in the northern India which mostly reaps copious rabi crops ... Guru Gobind Singh while people commemorate his legendary efforts to establish the ...

Maj Harj Singh Shergill poses for a photograph with powdered paint on his face during the Holla Mahalla Sikh military festival. Others also entered into the fun of the centuries-old event.

The Sikh community celebrated Lohri while the ... joy of harvesting the crop is celebrated by the community.. This harvest festival is celebrated as Makar Sankranti among the Maharashtrian ...

We also fly kites to mark the festival,” said DR Sahu ... Sticky rice, prepared from the new harvest, was an essential part of the meal. The Sikh community celebrated Lohri by placing grains ...

Celebrations to mark the Sikh community's Baisakhi festival and Khalsa Day have begun ... The farmers offer their prayers for an abundant harvest and prosperity. In addition, the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru ...

People offer puffed rice, peanuts and popcorn to a bonfire on the occasion of Lohri, the Hindu Sikh festival of spring ... Traditionally, Lohri has been a harvest festival, especially significant ...

“Lohri is a festive occasion through which we express our gratitude to Mother Mature for the harvest,” said Harpreet Kaur, a city resident from the Sikh community. “It’s not just a ...