Baisakhi festival (Happy Baishakhi 2020) is mainly a festival of farmers, which is celebrated in the states of North India. Especially the people of Punjab and Haryana celebrate this festival with great pomp. But this year, this festival will be dull. Because the lockdown is applicable across the country due to Coronavirus. Apart from agriculture, this festival is also associated with other beliefs. Every year this year is celebrated on the 13th or 14th of April. This year Baisakhi festival is on 13 April, Monday.
Why is Baisakhi Festival celebrated?
In the month of Vaishakh, this festival is celebrated in the joy of preparing the rabi (October-November) crop. The farmers celebrate this festival as their harvest after harvesting. On this day people greet their relatives on Baisakhi festival and in many places fairs are also held in North India.
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This festival is special for Sikhs
This festival is very special for the people of the Sikh community. Actually, according to the belief of the Sikh community, Baisakhi is a festival for the arrival of New Year. It is said that on the same day of Baisakhi, Khalsa Panth was founded by the last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh in the year 1699. The purpose of establishing the Khalsa Panth was to protect the common people from the atrocities of the Mughals.
