Baisakhi: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Vaisakhi

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A large crowd of Sikh devotees wearing colorful head coverings bows in prayer inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, during the Baisakhi Festival.

A Sikh woman in traditional attire lights candles along the edge of a pool at night, with the illuminated Golden Temple reflected in the water in Amritsar.

The first Khalsa initiation

Artists in colorful traditional Punjabi attire perform the Bhangra folk dance in a wheat field, with drummers kneeling in front and dancers holding decorated scarves behind them.

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