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Diffrence between Lohri and Baisakhi

About Baisakhi 

Baisakhi is well known on the 13th of Apr every year, marking the new year of Punjab. depending on where you are, Baisakhi has many other names throughout India: Vishnu in Kerela and Puthandu in the Tamil Nadu.

Baisakhi has religious implications as well. It marks the founding of the Khalsa brotherhood of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh and signals several devotees of the Hindu religion to dip into the holy rivers before dawn, ushering in the New Year. In Punjab, a primarily agricultural landholding of India, these days are particularly vital because it commemorates the first day of harvest. The fields are full and delightful with nature's bounty, all ready to be cut and picked up on these days. traditionally, the men and women perform Bhangra and Giddha to the punding rhythm of the dhol, celebrating the joyous occasion, ringing within the New Year.

About Lohri

Lohri marks the ending of winter, celebrated on the 13th of January. This festival is celebrated as a harvest fair, marked with gaiety and feasting. This festival commemorates more than the harvest, though; it honours the spirit of the geographical area of Punjab. The day that follows Lohri is an auspicious one for the Jat-Sikh community.

It is the first day of the Punjabi month known as 'Mangh' or 'Manghi'. this is a holy month, and it's honoured these days with 'Daan-Punya' (acts of physical and material charity). within the Jat-Sikh community, clothes, the worn night before, are given away and every one the young ladies receive 'Punya' in the form of money.

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