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Subscribe to RSSThe Baisakhi festival is an ancient harvest festival in the Punjab and Nepal, which also marks the beginning of a new solar year and a new harvest season.
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An Indian Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar on April 12, on the eve of the Baisakhi festival.
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Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects as they take a holy dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar on April 12.
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Anyone know why they have little daggers attached to their head pieces?
its "kirpan" sikhs wear them "The Kirpan is a short dagger which symbolizes a Sikh's duty to come to the defence of those in peril. All baptised Sikhs should wear a short form of Kirpan (approx. 6" to 9" long) on their body at all times as a defensive side-arm, just as a police officer is expected to wear a public-defensive weapon when on duty. Its use is only allowed in the act of self-defense and the protection of others. It stands for bravery and protecting the weak and innocent."