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  MANTRA ON NET : Festivals Of The Month: Baisakhi
Baisakhi, like Lohri, is again a festival of north India and is and a very prominent one for Punjab.
Baisakhi always falls on 13 April and marks the beginning of the solar year.
Every household teaches its children to give dhaan on Baisakhi day which is the first day of the solar calendar, so that throughout the year the feeling of charity remains in the heart.
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  Vaisakhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vaisakhi (Punjabi: ਵੈਸਾਖੀ, vaisākhī, also known as Baisakhi) marks the the Punjabi New Year and the beginning of the harvest season in Punjab, India.
Vaisakhi falls in the Nanakshahi calendar (neither in the Amantha- nor in the Purnimantha-calendar) on the first day of Vaisakh month and marks the sun entering Mesha Rasi (this fact is called Mesha Sankranti).
Baisakhi Festival - Extensive site that covers the significance of Baisakhi as a harvest festival of Punjab and the foundation day of Khalsa Panth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baisakhi   (721 words)

  
 Baisakhi - MSN Encarta
Baisakhi, important Sikh festival, which is also New Year's Day in the Indian state of Punjab.
It usually falls on April 13 (occasionally April 14) and celebrates the founding of the Sikh religion, in the late 15th century, by Guru Nanak, who is said to have begun his missionary travels on this day.
In northern India Baisakhi is also a harvest festival which celebrates the bringing in of the wheat crop with songs and dances.
uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_781528496/Baisakhi.html   (181 words)

  
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Baisakhi is a festival held on the first day of the month Baisakh, which begins on the 13th of April.
The Baisakhi of 1919 proved to be one of the most signifcant in modern history.
Baisakhi is a joyous celebration for the farmers of Punjab.
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Baisakhi, the harvest festival of Punjab is a community celebration.
Baisakhi is celebrated at the end of months of hard labour that have gone into the production of the rabi crop, the first harvest of the year.
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Baisakhi is also the day when the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, founded the Khalsa Panth over three hundred years ago.
Baisakhi is a harvest festival and the tough agricultural operation of harvesting is rendered into a lighter occupation by many community festivities such as the Bhangra dance by men, who pound the ground with vigorous steps to the accompaniment of traditional music.
Baisakhi festival is celebrated twice a year in Himachal Pradesh in the honor of Goddess Jwalamukhi.
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Sikhs assign quite a different meaning to Baisakhi, and if you happen to be in a Punjabi village to catch the men performing the wild bhangra dance, you'll get the picture.
Baisakhi also commemorates the day in 1689 when Guru Gobing Singh founded the Khalsa, the fighting Sikh brotherhood that donned the distinctive Sikh outfits.
festivals.iloveindia.com /baisakhi   (528 words)

  
 Baisakhi Festival, Bhangra, Gidda, Bihu, Vishu, New Year, Harvest Festival, News for Indian Tourists and Travellers
Baisakhi is a festival of nature that falls in April (Indian month of Vaisakh) every year.
Part of the folk culture of an agricultural society, Baisakhi is a celebration of the new harvest, as also the beginning of a new year in most regions in the country.
This festival of harvest, the harbinger of new season and new year in several regions and communities is by and large an expression of universal brotherhood, happiness and thanks-giving to God for a bountiful yield.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /week/week_7.html   (419 words)

  
 Webindia123.com-Festivals-Baisakhi Festival
All night revelries termed 'Baisakhi di Raat' (Night of feasting) or 'Baisakhi da Mela' (Baisakhi fairs) are held, where men and women dance to the rhythmic beat of drums wrestling bouts are also held.
Baisakhi involves a lot of socialising where friends and relatives are invited and delicious meals are served.
On Baisakhi day, water is drawn from all the sacred rivers of India and poured in to the huge tank surrounding the golden temple.
www.webindia123.com /festival/april/baisakhi.htm   (344 words)

  
 SCFI on Baisakhi
Baisakhi » About Us About Us Baisakhi is one of the biggest festivals of Sikhs and is celebrated on April 13 (or 14) every year.
SCFI seeks to conserve and promote an awareness of this rich and diversified cultural treasure amongst the citizen of this country through various expositions that focus on the tradition of excellence, conversing the famous legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy of Indian Festivals and in turn facilitating an awareness of their deeper and subtler values.
Joyful aspects of Baisakhi such as bhangra and gidda dance besides langar and kara prasad have also been discussed to present a glimpse of the wide panorama of Baisakhi in Punjab.
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And then, of course, we have, in endless variations of legend and myth, the hallowed perceptions that there is an ever-renewed war of light and darkness, of the divine and the demoniac in the unceasing evolution of the world.
Baisakhi, also called Vaisakhi, is a harvest festival which is celebrated on the thirteenth of April according to the solar calendar.
www.indiaprofile.com /fairs-festivals/baisakhi.htm   (1846 words)

  
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Among the popular festivals enriching the varied culture of India, is the festival of Baisakhi.
Baisakhi holds a unique significance in Punjab, commemorating the founding of the Khalsa by the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
The festival of Baisakhi is an important festival for the Sikhs because it is a formal celebration of the brotherhood of their community.
www.123baisakhi.com   (229 words)

  
 Baisakhi and Guru Gobind Singh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Baisakhi is a Punjab harvest holiday with special significance to the Sikh community, for it is also the day they honor Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru and founder of the Panth Khalsa—the Order of the Pure Ones.
Baisakhi is a new year's festival in the Punjab, and falls on April 13, except for once every 36 years, when Baisakhi is observed on April 14.
Since Baisakhi is Guru Gobind Singh's anniversary and is when the establishment of the Khalsa is honored it is a popular time to be baptized into the Khalsa.
www.fridgedoor.info /spring-celebrations/sikh-baisakhi.php   (488 words)

  
 Gateway to Sikhism : The Sikh Festivals: Baisakhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1762, Ahmed Shah Abdali, with the sole purpose to destroy the entire Sikh nation, declared 'Jehad'(holy-war) against the Sikhs and all the Muslims of the Punjab rallied under this slogan.
On Baisakhi day all the Sikhs used to assemble at Amritsar and decide their problems relating to politics and religion.
The celebrations of Baisakhi are similar to the three-day schedule of the the celebrations of other Gurpurabs.
allaboutsikhs.com /way/baisakhi.htm   (972 words)

  
 BBC - Schools - Baisakhi
Baisakhi, also spelled Vaisakhi, is the festival which celebrates Sikh New Year and the founding of the Sikh community, known as the Khalsa.
The story of the foundation of the Khalsa started with the martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur, the 9th Guru, who was publicly beheaded by Mughul rulers for protecting freedom of worship for both Sikhs and Hindus.
Discuss the festival of Baisakhi and the Amrit ceremony.
www.bbc.co.uk /schools/religion/sikhism/baisakhi.shtml   (556 words)

  
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In Kerala, Baisakhi is called as "Vishu" and in Tamil Nadu, it is celebrated as "Puthandu".
Considered a holy day, the devout celebrate the Baisakhi with a dip in the holy rivers just around the break of dawn.
Baisakhi, however, has had a new dimension added to it by Guru Gobind Singh.
www.onlinedarshan.com /baisakhi/index.htm   (693 words)

  
 INDIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY TOWNSVILLE Inc.
Baisakhi Festival, Ramanavami and Easter day celebrations were combined with a evening of meeting and Greeting with dinner.
Baisakhi is the beginning of Hindu calendar New Year celebrated in different parts of India with different names.
Baisakhi is special for Sikhs which also marks beginning of Khalsa Panth.
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 The History of Baisakhi - Birth of the Khalsa
Every year at the time of Baisakhi (springtime), thousands of devotees would come to Anandpur to pay their obeisance and seek the Guru's blessings.
In early 1699, months before Baisakhi Day, Guru Gobind Rai sent special edicts to congregants far and wide that that year the Baisakhi was going to be a unique affair.
Baisakhi 1999 marks the 300th anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh's gift of Panth Khalsa to all Sikhs everywhere.
www.sikhnet.com /sikhnet/register.nsf/p/BaisakhiHistory   (1094 words)

  
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Baisakhi marks the start of harvesting season in North India and is also the birth anniversary of the Panth Khalsa (sect).
Guru Amar Das had first institutionalized Baisakhi in 1567 as one of the special days when all Sikhs would gather to receive the guru's blessings at Goindwal.
Cries of "Jatta aai Baisakhi" rent the skies as the people of Punjab attired in their best clothes break into the Bhangra dance to express their joy.
www.surfindia.com /festivals/baisakhi.html   (581 words)

  
 Baisakhi by Rajender Krishan
Baisakhi, marks the beginning of New Year, particularly in the northern part of India.
Sweets are distributed, old enmities are forgiven and life is full of joy, merriment and everyone seems to belong.
For it was on the day of Baisakhi in 1669, that he established the Khalsa Panth and gave a final impetus to the course of the earlier nine Gurus of Sikhism.
www.boloji.com /festivals/00501.htm   (247 words)

  
 Bihu, Vishu, Baisakhi: It's New Year : festivals, bihu, vishu, baisakhi : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
Bihu, Vishhu and Baisakhi mark the arrival of new year for Assam, Kerala and Punjab respectively.
Bohaag Bihu marks the advent of the seeding time, the Kati Bihu marks the completion of sowing of paddy and transplantation of the saplings (‘Kothia’) and finally Magh Bihu marks the culmination of the harvesting period.
Baisakhi, marks the Punjabi New Year and also celebrates the harvest season in Punjab and parts of Haryana.
www.ibnlive.com /article.php?id=8225§ion_id=3   (483 words)

  
 Baisakhi or Vaisakhi
In the rest of the text, which follows, ‘Baisakhi’ has been used.
Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, in Maha Kosh, against the entry of Baisakhi states, “Refer to Vaisakhi” and under the heading “Vaisakhi” explicitly explains its significance.
English translation of Guru Kian Saakhian, rendered by the undersigned, along with an introduction by S. Pal Singh Purewal, is under publication.
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 Indiachildren - Indian Festivals (Baisakhi)
Baisakhi marks the first day of the month of Vaishakh.
The festival of Baisakhi marks the time to reap the harvest and everyone is thankful to God for a good and bountiful harvest of the winter or rabi crop.
There is a great feast and everyone makes merry at the Mela which is held on account of Baisakhi on this day.
www.indiachildren.com /lifestyles/festival/baisakhi.htm   (284 words)

  
 Festivals : Baisakhi — reminiscing the spirit of courage and sacrifice : IndiaExpress.Com
Baisakhi is celebrated every year on April 13 and once in 36 years on 14th.
It is said that Guru Gobind Singh wanted to instill the virtues of courage and the strength to sacrifice in his downtrodden followers.
On the Baisakhi day, devotees visit Gurudwaras (Sikh Temples) and listen to Kirtans (religious songs) and religious discourses and are followed by offerings of sweet to the congregation and langur— a community meal.
www.indiaexpress.com /faith/festivals/20000412-0.html   (239 words)

  
 Baisakhi Open
The Baisakhi Open, an annual amateur golf tournament organized by the golf aficionados of Punjab, India, is played in the true spirit of Punjab, the one of brotherhood, fun, dedication and intense competition.
It brings all generations onto a playing field with an opportunity to show-off their skills with a set of clubs and of course the winner will possess unique bragging rights as The Baisakhi Open Champion.
If you happen to be a golfer, this is your opportunity to play golf with fellow Indians from around the world and celebrate Baisakhi our way - 3 days of electrifying golf and lots and lots of fun.
www.baisakhiopen.com /index.html   (259 words)

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