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Baisakhi Across Globe in Pictures

04/18/2006


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    A Sikh priest sits inside the Golden Temple at Amritsar in India. Sikhs are celebrating the 385th anniversary of the birth of the ninth Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur


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    AMRITSAR, INDIA - An Indian Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in front of Amritsar Golden Temple, on the eve of the Baisakhi festival, 13 April 2006. Baisakhi marks the beginning of the new spring year and the end of the harvest in India. At the Vaisakhi festival of 1699, Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs founded the Akal Khalsa (Community of the Pure). (Photo by Narinda Naru/AFP/Getty Images)

    Vaisakhi festival in Gravesend
    The Vaisakhi festival is celebrated in Gravesend every year

    A Nihang displays horsemanship on the final day of the Baisakhi mela in Talwandi Sabo
    A Nihang displays horsemanship on the final day of the Baisakhi mela in Talwandi Sabo on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera

    Participants display their skills at the first national gatka competition at Gurdwara Sand Aditha Sahib, Lambian, Mohali, on Saturday.
    Participants display their skills at the first national gatka competition at Gurdwara Sand Aditha Sahib, Lambian, Mohali, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph


    Participants display their skills on the final day of the First National Gatka Competition in front of Gurdwara Sant Mandal Adiha Sahib, Lambian
    Participants display their skills on the final day of the First National Gatka Competition in front of Gurdwara Sant Mandal Adiha Sahib, Lambian, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu


    On Baisakhi festival, devotees take a holy bath in the sarovar of Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hassan Abdal, 48 km north of Islamabad, on Friday
    On Baisakhi festival, devotees take a holy bath in the sarovar of Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hassan Abdal, 48 km north of Islamabad, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sarbjeet Singh

    The gurdwara in Phase VIII illuminated on the occasion of Baisakhi in Mohali on Thursday
    The gurdwara in Phase VIII illuminated on the occasion of Baisakhi in Mohali on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu



    Baisakhi being celebrated at the gurdwara in Sector 38 (West), Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph


    FESTIVE FERVOUR: Members of the Sikh community taking out a procession on the occasion of Baisakhi festival on Friday. - Photo: D.Gopalakrishnan


    Langar organised on Baisakhi at Sector 40-C Gurdwara on Friday.
    Langar organised on Baisakhi at Sector 40-C Gurdwara on Friday. — A Tribune photograph


    Sikhs pray, celebrate with song and dance

    Two children display gatka skills during a nagar kirtan on the eve of Baisakhi in Ludhiana on Thursday
    Two children display gatka skills during a nagar kirtan on the eve of Baisakhi in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by I.V.





    Baljit Singh spins the balls in fighting style called Chakhar. - Credit: Calixtro Romias/The Record


    Sikh men carrying Kirpans march Sunday in Stockton to celebrate the birth of their religion. - Credit: Calixtro Romias/The Record


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