Happy Vaisakhi - Page 2

Happy Baisakhi/Vaisakhi to all of you...and thank you...following is a brief explanation of the festival..

Baisakhi is of major importance for the people following Sikh faith. As it was on a Baisakhi Day, in the year 1699 that the Tenth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh founded Khalsa Panth or the Order of Pure Ones and gave a unique identity to Sikhs. On the same day the guru administered amrit (nectar) to his first batch of five disciples making them Singhs, a martial community. By doing so, he eliminated the differences of high and low and established that all human beings were equal.

Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi by participating in special prayer meetings organized at gurdwaras. They also carry out joyful Baisakhi processions to mark the day.

Happy Baisakhi to all of you!!! Thanks a lot Nisha, Jazz, Ruby for all the extra info...becoz I thought Baisakhi was only about Harvesting....didn't know the extra details that you provided....

Happy Vaisakhi to all those celebrating.

Originally posted by: Jenifer.

Happy Vaisakhi to all those celebrating.

Shafza, I also been to a Gurdwara only once and if there's only one thing I can remember then it's the prashad. Yummmmm.....

Jaz, bring me back some...please?