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Though a celebration of harvest season, Baisakhi has a traditional, cultural and historical significance. It was on the eve of Baisakhi in 1699 Guru Gobind Singh rallied Sikhs to fight against Mughals. The festival is also celebrated by Sikhs to mark the coronation of Guru Gobind Singh as well as the foundation of the Khalsa sect of Sikhism.
âBaisakhi: Revelation of the Khalsaâ
Kanwal Singh
In 1699, Baisakhi Day, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib founded the Khalsa Panth at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib, the blessed fort of uncut hair, however more than two hundred years of preparation went into the creation of Khalsa. The journey from Kartarpur Sahib to Anandpur Sahib was full of challenges and difficulties. On the day of inauguration of Khalsa, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib empowered and inspired the people and declared to the world that the Khalsa has born. It will never back down and will stand against all forms of oppression as a collective force. Guru Sahib created warriors just like himself. The world had never seen such a model where a institution of Saint-Warrior was build out of the word of the Guru.