Baisakhi 2021: WhatsApp messages, quotes, wishes to send to your loved ones on Baisakhi this year
Baisakhi 2021: Baisakhi mushers in the Sikh New Year and marks the harvest season for rabi crops. File photo
Updated: Apr 13, 2021, 07:26 AM IST
Baisakhi marks the harvest of rabi crops and farmers offer thanksgiving for a good harvest and prosperity. For Sikhs, it marks the beginning of the New Year. The day is celebrated with folk dances like bhangra and gidda.
The harvest festival is of great importance among farmers all across India. For Hindus, it ushers in their solar new year. It is known by different names in different states of India - Baisakhi in Punjab, Poila Baishakh in West Bengal, Rongali Bihu in Assam, Gudi Pawda in Maharashtra and Ugadi in parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.