Vaishakhi 2024: Tradition, History and Celebration

This is a festival of tremendous joy and celebration. Baisakhi is mainly celebrated in Punjab and Haryana, because of the large Sikh population who celebrate this festival with a lot of energy.

Dates for Vaishakhi 2024

The Vaishakhi falls on the 1st day of Vaisakh month (April- May), according to Sikh Calander. It is also marked as Punjabi New Year. according to the English Calander, the date of Baisakhi or Vaisakhi corresponds to the 13th of April every year and the 14th of April once every 36 years. This is because of the festival being observed as per the Indian solar Calander. This year Baisakhi or Vaisakhi falls on 13th April.

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Baisakhi or Vaisakhi celebrations in Punjab

The Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi or Vaisakhi by bathing in the holy river and visiting Gurudwara, where they take part in prayers. Baisakhi or Vaisakhi gets everyone into the festival mood. Special celebrations occur at Talwandi Sabo, where Guru Gobind Singh recompiled the holy Granth Sahib at Anandpur Sahib Gurudwara, where Khalsa was born and the golden temple in Amritsar. Farmers thank “god” for the immense harvest and pay for prosperity in the coming year.

After Ardas, the Karah prasad is offered to the guru and then distributed among people. Gurudwara organized special “guru ka langar” or community lunch at gurudwaras.

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Baisakhi or Vaisakhi customs and traditions

Dress

As a celebration of the new spring, Baisakhi or Vaisakhi is an occasion that sees men, women and children celebrate this joyous occasion by buying new clothes. Traditional Punjabi costume for men includes a turban with a fan-like establishment worn with a kurta, waistcoat, scarf, and lungi toed around the waist, while the women wear customary garments of salwar kameez with festive jewelry. 

Food

Multiple food stalls are set up at Baisakhi or Vaisakhi fairs to keep the crowds energized as they party all night. Stunning Punjabi food like chhole nature, achari mutton, chicken saagwala, sarson ka saag, kadhi chawal, dry fruit kheer, and famous lassi are present at the fair. These food items are a representation of a great love for food.

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Dance performed during Baisakhi or Vaisakhi

In Baisakhi or Vaisakhi, traditional dances of bhangra and Gidda are performed in the beat of drums. In some places, people perform acrobatics. Men, women, and children wear colorful clothes and jewelry.

History and significance of Baisakhi or Vaisakhi

Baisakhi or Vaisakhi was one of the 3 festivals that the 3rd Sikh guru, Guru Amar Das, chose to be celebrated by Sikhs. In 1699, the 9th guru, Guru Teg Bahadur, was publicly killed by the Mughals. This occurred because of his willingness to oppose the Mughal occupiers and protect the cultural identity of Hindus and Sikhs whom the Mughal rural Aurangzeb wanted to convert to Islam. In 1699, on Baisakhi or Vaisakhi day, his son Guru Gobind Rai, regrouped the Sikhs and inspired them through his words and actions, committing upon them and himself the title of Singh or lion, thus becoming Guru Gobind Singh.

The 3 Ks of Sikhism was adopted and the guru system was eliminated, with Sikhs being urged to accept the Granth Sahib as an eternal guide. Thus, the festival of Baisakhi or Vaisakhi is observed as the inauguration of the last guru, Guru Gobind Singh, as well as the foundation of Khalsa Panth of Sikhism, granting it a position of great importance to Sikhism, and one of the biggest Sikh festivals.

Baisakhi or Vaisakhi was also the day of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, when the British colonists trapped and murdered Indians, acting as a major action in the Indian freedom struggle.

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