Baiskahi is being celebrated with traditional fervor and gaiety on Monday. The festival marks the beginning of the solar year and for the farming community of Punjab, it marks the time for harvest of Rabi crops. The Sikh community has decided to curtail the celebrations, urging people to stay home celebrations in view of the COVID19 pandemic.All religious gatherings including those at Chatti Pathshahi Gurudwara in Shaher-e-Khaas and other Gurduwaras have been suspended.The Sikh community celebrates the festival to mark birth of Khalsa Panth by 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh ji.
