Vaisakhi
It is the harvest festival of
the Punjab region, the
Punjabi New Year falling
on the same day, Khalsa
Sirjana Divas and Mesha
Sankranti festival. It is
celebrated on 13 April. It
marks the birth of the
Khalsa in the year 1699.
During Vaisakhi in Vancouver
Vaisakhi or Baisakhi is of
major importance for the
people following Sikh faith. As
it was on a Baisakhi Day, in the
year 1699 that the Tenth Guru
of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh
founded Khalsa Panth or the
Order of Pure Ones and gave a
unique identity to Sikhs. On
the same day the guru
administered amrit (nectar) to
his first batch of five disciples
making them Singhs, a martial
community.
By doing so, he eliminated the
differences of high &
Dance during Vaisakhi celebration
Guru Gobind Singh ji establishing Khalsa panth in 1699
low and established that all
human beings were equal.
Thus distinction between
the Guru and disciple was
fused and the Guru
undoubtedly became the
father of the Khalsa nation.
Mata Sahib Kaur who was
the plutonic wife of the 10th
Guru and spiritual mother of
the Khalsa partook in the
preparation of Amrit
(baptismal water) by
rendering it the sweetness
and ensuring gender
equality in the ceremony.
There was a span of continuous period
of 230 years from the time of Guru
Nanak to the last and tenth Guru.
During that period the ten Sikh Gurus or
prophets gave us their message,
teachings and philosophy. After the ten
Guru there was need to protect the
teachings and philosophy that was
imparted over the past couple of
centuries and its safe keeping, custody
and propagation.
The creation of Khalsa nation gave rise
to 3 important aspects of Sikhism
namely the Khalsa civilisation; the Sikh
form and the manner of implementing
the philosophy of Guru Nanak as
prescribed – Shabad surat abyass
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