TISH: DAY THREE OF THE 40TH ANNUAL SIKH FESTIVAL BEGINS, WITH A SUNRISE CALL TO WORSHIP. AND BY MID-MORNING, THE STREETS SURROUNDING THE SIKH TEMPLE IN YUBA CITY ARE FILLED. THE FESTIVAL, CELEBRATING ...

Sikhs all over the world celebrate the festival of Baisakhi, a holiday with a special religious significance, observed each year on April 13 or 14. In 2022, Baisakhi falls on April 14. As a ...

UNIQUE CULTURAL EVENT. THE YUBA CITY SIKH PARADE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM NEAR AND FAR. I DON’T THINK I EVER MISSED A YEAR. SOME ATTENDEES HAVE BEEN COMING FOR DECADES. I WAS TOTALLY OVERWHELMED ...

This week, Sikhs around the world are preparing to celebrate the religious observance of Vaisakhi. Several key historical events are connected to the festival, including the inauguration of the Khalsa ...

YUBA CITY - Another packed day in Yuba City for the annual Sikh Festival. It draws in crowds from around the country and the world. And organizers say this year took on special meaning. During a time ...

YUBA CITY — Yuba City's population is tripling this weekend as the city's annual Sikh festival just kicked off and is expected to attract 200,000 visitors. This is the largest Sikh festival in the ...

The 40th annual Nagar Kirtan – the annual Sikh festival and processional – is well underway, with day two beginning with the amrit sanchar, or baptisms, at 5 a.m.. Celebratory events continue ...

The Sikh International Film Festival returns to New York City this weekend after a two-year pandemic hiatus. A total of 17 films centered around Sikh history, diaspora, and innovation will be ...

Beards, turbans and other traditional garb many Sikh Americans wear at times make them easy targets of hate crimes, says Manmohan Kaur of Naperville. In 2019, law enforcement agencies nationwide ...

Yuba-Sutter’s largest single event – the annual Nagar Kirtan or Sikh parade and festival – has been called off due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event that draws as many as 100,000 spectators ...

Organisers say up to 45,000 attended the cultural festival at West Park.

(The Conversation) — Originally a spring harvest festival, Baisakhi acquired religious significance after the10th Sikh guru created the Khalsa, a distinctive Sikh identity, on this day. (The ...