Significance Of Baisakhi

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Baisakhi is said to be the spring harvest festival. It is mostly observed by Punjabis and Sikhs. It is also known as Vaisakhi or Vasakhi and is Vaisakhi is one of the three Hindu festivals chosen by Guru Amar Das to be celebrated by Sikhs.


  • The most famous festival of Punjab is Baisakhi and is also the Punjabi new year. It falls on the month Baisakh, which is the first month of the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar and hence is known as Baisakhi.
  • This day is also known as Naba Barsha in Bengal, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Rongali Bihu in Assam and Vaisakha in Bihar.
  • This festival is considered to be a very important day for the Sikhs as in Sikhism this is the foundation day of Khalsa Panth. This day also has astrological significance. Khalsa was the name of the collective body of all the initiated Sikhs, represented by the Five Beloved-Ones (or the Panj Piare in Punjabi). It can also be called the Guru Panth, the embodiment of the Guru. The creation of Khalsa nation gave rise to 3 important aspects of Sikhism namely the Khalsa civilization; the Sikh form and the manner of implementing the philosophy of Guru Nanak as prescribed – Shabad surat abyass:

Suraṯ sabaḝ bẖav sĝgar ṯarī ai Nĝnak nĝm vakẖĝṇe
By Surat-Shabad do thou cross the ocean of phenomena
By uttering His Nam, O Nanak
The mission of Guru Nanak was achieved after the sacrifices of the Gurus, sacrifice by the four  sons of Guru Gobind Singh and numerous sacrifices by shahid Singhs. These three aspects encompassed and protected all that was achieved during the 314 years.
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