List of Sikh festivals

List of Sikh festivals

This is a list of Sikh festivals and their dates and a short description. Sikh use the solar Sikh calendar, Nanakshahi calendar , and the Hindu Calendar, and also the Vaishnav calendar .

Sikh festivals

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|Guru Gobind Singh Jayanthi || January 5 || Sikhs offer their prayers at a local Sikh temple for the birth of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
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|Parkash Utsav ||January 31|
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|Lohri || January 13 || Lohri is a harvest festival, originally celebrated in Punjab. Although it has nothing to do with the sikh religion but sikhs being the predominant farmers in Punjab makes it look like a Sikh festival. Nowadays it is celebrated more as a tradition than anything else. Any beliefs that Lohri is celebrated only at the birth of a boy is because of the discrimination of women faced in old Hindu soceities, the very thing opposed strongly and outrightly by all Sikh Gurus and other saints like Kabir. Nowadays even at the birth of a daughter some families celebrate Lohri. Lohri would be more correctly termed a Punjabi festival rather than a Sikh festival.
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|Maghi || January 13 || Maghi commemorates the martyrdom of the "Forty Immortals," forty followers of Guru Gobind Singh who had previously deserted him, fought bravely against overwhelming Mughal army forces and were martyred in Muktsar. Guru Gobind Singh blessed them as having achieved mukti (liberation) and cremated them at Muktsar.On Maghi, Sikhs visit gurdwaras and listen to kirtan (hymns). Naturally, the largest gathering is at Muktsar where an annual fair is held.
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|Holi/Hola Mohalla || March 3 (Holi) March 4(Hola Mohalla) ||In Punjab it is celebrated at Anandpur Sahib and in other cities such as Ludhiana Hindus and Sikhs celebrate together. In Punjab and other major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Sikhs and Hindus come together for Hola Mahalla. But again Holi is actually a Hindu festival having no place in Sikhism with Sikh participation limited to Hola Mohalla where sikhs display their martial skills.
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|Vaisakhi/Baisakhi || April 13 || Vaisakhi is a Hindu and Sikh festival that celbrates the beginning of the harvest season in India. It is also celebrated for the Birth of the Khalsa, or Sikh religion. Vaisakhi is celebrated at a large scale at Harimandar Sahib, Amritsar. In Canada, USA, and other Sikh and Hindu populated areas, South Asians come together for a public mela or parade, and enjoy free food of all sorts of Indian cuisine. The main part of the mela is where a local Sikh Temple ( Gurdwara ) has a beauitful Indian theme float where the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh Holy Book) is located and everyone must offer their prayers by touching the float.
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|Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib|| June 16 || Guru Arjan Dev Sahib was martyred on this day, according to the Nanakshahi calendar.
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|Parkash Divas|| September 1 || Parkash Divas is the day where the Guru Granth Sahib was instituted. Sikhs go to a local temple for a prayer, and hymns.
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|Diwali/Bandi Chod Divas|| November 9 || On the day of the Hindu festival Diwali, Sikhs celebrate the Bandi Chod Divas. It celebrates the release of Guru Hargobind Singh from Gwalior Fort with him freeing 52 other kings as well. It is celebrated by lightning divas and going to a Gurdwara to listen to gurbani.
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|Guru Nanak Ji's Jayanthi|| November 24 || On this day Guru Nank was born in Nanakana, a small town in Pakistan. Every year Sikhs go to a Gurdwara and offer their prayers there. Sometimes divas are lit in front of the Gurdwara, in honor of the Guru Jis Birthday.
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|Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib||November 24||On this day Guru Tegh Bahadur was martyred when he refused to convert to Islam. On this day Sikhs go to a Gurdwara for a prayer.
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There are also more than 40 other festivals that are not included in this list. Thoses include Parkesh Utsav, Gurgadi, Jotijot and much more. All Sikh festivals are to be celebrated by going to a Gurdwara, paying obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib Ji and listening to Gurbani
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