Happy Baisakhi 2025, April 12 -- The spring harvest celebration of Baisakhi, also known as Vaisakhi, takes place every year on April 13 or 14. One of the most auspicious festivals of the Sikh community will be celebrated on April 14 this year.

Observed on the first day of the month of Vaisakh, the festival is celebrated with enthusiasm and vigour especially across Punjab to mark the birth of the Khalsa order by Guru Gobind Singh.

As per legend, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last Sikh Guru, established the Khalsa on Vaisakhi day, in 1699, Drik Panchang states. Guru Gobind Singh, who was a warrior, poet, and philosopher, is a revered last human Sikh Guru known to have "eliminated the difference between higher and lower caste communitie...