Devotees lights up candles as illuminated Golden Temple can be seen in the background on the occasion of "Baisakhi" at Amritsar on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
Chandigarh:
Devotees across Punjab and Haryana today thronged gurdwaras, including Amritsar's Golden Temple, to mark Baisakhi festival which is being celebrated with great fervour and enthusiasm.
The festival commemorates establishment of the Khalsa panth or Sikh order by tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh on Baisakhi Day on April 13, 1699.
It also marks the start of the harvest season in Punjab and Haryana.
In Amritsar, several devotees, from home and abroad paid obeisance in the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple the holiest Sikh shrine on the occasion of Baisakhi festival.
At various locations in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh people served free food and drinking water to devotees going to pay obeisance at temples and Sikh shrines.
Sikh devotees along with their family members took holy dip in the Sarovar (holy water pond) carrying religious belief in their mind that this exercise purifies ones heart and mind. After Ardas (prayer as per Sikh rituals) and distribution of Karah Parshad (sweet pudding), langar (community kitchen) was served.
Since last night, devotees in hundreds queued up to pay obeisance in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple and at Akal Takht (Highest Sikh Temporal Seat).
On this occasion the management of the Golden Temple has beautifully decorated the Golden Temple.
Keeping in view the heavy rush of the devotees, the district administration and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials had jointly made elaborate security arrangements at the Golden Temple.
Devotees also offered prayers at Talwandi Sabo, Anandpur Sahib, Muktsar, Fatehgarh Sahib among other places in Punjab and at Nadha Sahab (Panchkula) and Kurukshetra in Haryana, reports here said.
Many devotees took holy dips in the Sarovars (sacred tanks), while 'Akhand Paths' (48-hour long recitation of Sikh scripture), 'kirtans' (singing of hymns) and 'kathas' (religious discourses) were undertaken to mark the occasion. 'Langars' (Community kitchens) were also organised for the devotees.
The festival commemorates establishment of the Khalsa panth or Sikh order by tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh on Baisakhi Day on April 13, 1699.
It also marks the start of the harvest season in Punjab and Haryana.
In Amritsar, several devotees, from home and abroad paid obeisance in the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple the holiest Sikh shrine on the occasion of Baisakhi festival.
At various locations in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh people served free food and drinking water to devotees going to pay obeisance at temples and Sikh shrines.
Sikh devotees along with their family members took holy dip in the Sarovar (holy water pond) carrying religious belief in their mind that this exercise purifies ones heart and mind. After Ardas (prayer as per Sikh rituals) and distribution of Karah Parshad (sweet pudding), langar (community kitchen) was served.
Since last night, devotees in hundreds queued up to pay obeisance in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple and at Akal Takht (Highest Sikh Temporal Seat).
On this occasion the management of the Golden Temple has beautifully decorated the Golden Temple.
Keeping in view the heavy rush of the devotees, the district administration and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials had jointly made elaborate security arrangements at the Golden Temple.
Devotees also offered prayers at Talwandi Sabo, Anandpur Sahib, Muktsar, Fatehgarh Sahib among other places in Punjab and at Nadha Sahab (Panchkula) and Kurukshetra in Haryana, reports here said.
Many devotees took holy dips in the Sarovars (sacred tanks), while 'Akhand Paths' (48-hour long recitation of Sikh scripture), 'kirtans' (singing of hymns) and 'kathas' (religious discourses) were undertaken to mark the occasion. 'Langars' (Community kitchens) were also organised for the devotees.
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