Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi not only as a new year but also as the founding day of the Khalsa Panth.
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The Sikh community of Birgunj celebrated the 327th Baisakhi festival with great pomp. Akhand Paath Sahib and Shabad Kirtan had been conducted at the local Gurudwara Sahib since Sunday as part of the festival-oriented program.
It concluded on Tuesday in the presence of a significant number of women, men and children from the Sikh and non-Sikh communities in the Gurudwara Sahib premises. After the Shabad Kirtan, New Year greetings were exchanged among the participants and langar or prasad was distributed.
According to Jaspal Singh, a leader of the Sikh community, this year Baisakhi was celebrated with special prayers for world peace. “The community has prayed for an end to war and the establishment of peace in the world,” he said.
Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi not only as the New Year but also as the foundation day of the Khalsa Panth. According to Singh, the tenth Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth in Anandpur, Punjab, India, in 1699. It is believed that on that day, the Sikh Panth, started by Guru Nanakji Maharaj, was transformed into the Khalsa form.
The Sikh community has a tradition of celebrating Baisakhi as the second biggest festival after Guru Nanak Jayanti.
