Baisakhi: Where Indian Culture Diverge
In North India especially Punjab
celebrates the Baisakhi festival with great joy and gaiety. On the beat of
drums and drums, young men and women sing songs welcoming this celebration of
nature and express their joy by congratulating each other and dancing danced
around. So Baisakhi comes and reminds the youth of Punjab. At the same time,
she reminds of the brotherhood where the mother used to dedicate her son to the
Guru's feet to make a loan to the ten gurus.
By the way, months in India are
named after constellations. Visakha Nakshatra is in the sky at the time of
Baisakhi. This month is called Baisakhi due to being in Visakha Yuva Purnima.
Thus, the first day of Vaishakh month was called Baisakhi and was accepted as a
festival. On the day of Baisakhi, the Sun transits into Aries, hence it is also
called Aries Sankranti.
The tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh
laid the foundation of the Khalsa Panth in the year 1699 at Anandpur Sahib on
the day of Baisakhi. Its 'Khalsa' is derived from the word Khalis. Which means
- pure, holy or holy. The main goal of Guru Gobind Singh behind the
establishment of the Khalsa-Panth was to liberate the people from the
atrocities of the then Mughal rulers and to improve their religious, moral and
practical life.
Through this creed, Guru Gobind
Singh also gave the people a vision of giving importance to human feelings in
mutual relations instead of discriminating based on religion and caste.
According to Sikhism experts, the first Guru of the sect, Nanak Dev ji, has
earned much praise from the spiritual practice of the month of Vaishakh. In
many areas including Punjab and Haryana, there are many reasons including
spiritual to celebrate Baisakhi.
Special festivities are
celebrated in Sikh Gurdwaras on this day. Joy is expressed on the standing crop
in the field. It is considered important to bathe in the holy rivers of North
India on the occasion of Baisakhi festival. Therefore, it is our religion to
bathe in the river in the morning on this day. Baisakhi is a folk festival in
which the euphoria of preparing the crop after harvest is visible. This
festival brings the whole world closer to India.
Baisakhi is not just a festival
for sending messages and making dishes. This is the time to convert the hard
work of farmers into prosperity. If this is not done, then Baisakhi will remain
depressed. Today is Baisakhi. Opportunity for farmers to dance, dance and sing.
With the new crop, their houses and courtyards are filled with money.
Goddess Lakshmi comes to their
home as a Rabi crop and they swing. When this grain reaches our plate through
the market, only then we can gather energy and heat for our life. But this time
it is not so. The crops are ready and the fields are depressed.
This sadness of the fields has
come on the faces of the farmers, in the next few months, it will come on our
plate and then in the heat and energy of our life. This possibility may also be
true if adequate arrangements are not made for harvesting and procuring the finished
crop immediately. It is not a big deal that people who are posting pictures of
delicious dishes in Quarantine due to COVID-19 on social media also have to
face a food crisis.
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