PATNA: The city celebrated Baisakhi with traditional fervour and gaiety on Friday. A large number of Sikh devotees congregated at the Takht Sri Harimandir Ji, Patna Saheb, which is also the birth place of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhs.
Baisakhi is also known as 'Khalsa Srijna Diwas', or the birth of Khalsa, 'the order of pure ones'. Guru Gobind Singh discontinued the tradition of human gurus in Sikhism on this occasion, in 1699, and asked them to accept Guru Granth Saheb as their eternal guide.
"The ragis started reciting 'Gurbani' at the gurudwara from early morning. Lectures were also delivered by eminent personalities on the relevance of Khalsa. The day-long programme culminated with the community kitchen called 'Langar'. A large number of devotees from across the country visited the Takht Saheb to celebrate Baisakhi," said Raja Singh, secretary of Harimandir Saheb prabandhak committee.
Popular Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi performed on the first day of the two-day 'Patna Saheb Mahotsav' organized by Bihar tourism department at Mangal Talab on Friday. "Daler enthralled the audience with his performance. It was definitely a very memorable evening for the local audience," said a tourism department official.
A ten-day Punjabi food festival was also opened at a posh hotel which registered the footfall of a large number of food lovers on Friday.
Punjabi Bradri also celebrated the occasion by organizing a cultural festival in the SK memorial Hall. Folk artistes enthralled the audience with their performance
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