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Baramulla, Apr 14: Sikh community of Baramulla in North Kashmir celebrated Baisakhi festival with traditional religious fervor today to observe the 315th year of the foundation of Khalsa Panth by tenth Guru Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Baramulla district in North Kashmir having a large number of Sikh population celebrated the festivity of Baisakhi with traditional religious gaiety and visited to Gurudwaras and offered their obeisance and sought blessings of their deity for peace and prosperity. Though the festival of Baisakhi holds special importance for farming community and is also called as festival of 'harvesting' but the festivity holds great religious significance for Sikhs as it represents the birth anniversary of Khalsa panth (sect) when Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, the tenth Sikh Guru, founded the Panth on the day of Baisakhi in the year 1699.
District president Gurduwara Prabandh Committee Baramulla, Janak Singh Sodhi said, "For the Sikhs in Kashmir and other parts of the nation, the day has a particular religious significance as it is related with tenth Guru, Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
"On this special day we want to send a message across the nation that, "Naya Kashmir" should take birth where every religion can practice her teachings of love and humanity," said Sodhi. General Secretary Gurdwara Prabandh Committee Baramulla Mohan Singh Shant said, "Baisakhi reminds them (Sikh) of his cultural and religious ethos." "On this day community members used to assemble at Gurduwara and offer prayers at Gurudwaras while community conventions also were held to discuss community issues". "The Baisakhi festival in Kashmir is also characterized by a number of fairs that are organized on the day. Sikh community paying obeisance at Gurdwara, and they visit to their friends and relatives and exchange greetings," said Mohan Singh. "Chathipadshahi Gurdwara which is located in between the Hindu temple and Muslim Darul-Uloom Almustafa at Tawheedgunj in Baramulla, stands as a magnificent symbol of brotherhood between these communities in Kashmir and further strengthens the bond of oneness and humanity. |
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