Baisakhi essay for class 3

Baisakhi is one of the prime festivals of the Hindus and the Sikhs. It is celebrated to mark the harvesting of the first summer crop, mostly wheat. It is celebrated in the month of April every year. The formation of the Khalsa Panth by Guru Govind Singh in the year of 1699 is commemorated by celebrating Baisakhi.

Prayers are offered to start the New Year on the right note. Schools and many of the offices around the country are closed on Baisakhi that falls on the 13 th or 14 th of April each year. This is among the few Indian festivals that falls on a fixed date.

Essay on Baisakhi: Baisakhi is a Sikh festival that is celebrated all over the world with great fervor in India. It is celebrated around 13th and 14th April every year, and the zeal of celebration is maximum in the state of Punjab. Baisakhi is a festival to mark the harvesting of the first summer crop or the rabi crops.

Baisakhi, also known as Vaisakhi or Vasakhi, is mainly a Sikh festival which is celebrated with immense zeal in the Indian state of Punjab. People from the Sikh and also many Hindu communities living in other parts of the country also celebrate the festival as it marks the beginning of the New Year for them.