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Why Sikhs celebrate the festival of Baisakhi

  • Written by Anshu Malhotra, Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

On the festival of Baisakhi, celebrated usually on April 13, Sikhs the world over will joyously wear yellow saffron colors, symbolizing spring harvest and the solar new year, when the Sun enters the constellation Aries.

In gurdwaras, or Sikh temples, they will sing hymns in congregational singing, or “kirtan,” and eat communal meals,...

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