What is the story of baisakhi?

Answer 1

Vaisakhi is a religious holiday Sikhs celebrate. On that day, April 13, 1699, our tenth beloved guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, gave amrit, divine nectar that Sikhs are baptised with, to the Five Beloved Ones, the first five people to give up their life to the guru. After that, guru ji took amrit from the Five Beloved Ones. This had taken place in Anadpur Sahib, India. However, if you want to know how this happened in detail, keep reading.

Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji went to Anandpur Sahib and invited all Sikhs there. It was harvest season. He went up a stage and asked for one head. Many people got shocked and left. Some went to his mother Mata Gujri Ji and told her that her son was asking for one head, and that they thought he was out of his mind. However, his mother said that she knew what he was doing and it was going to be okay. After some more requests, a person named Daya Ram stood up and said, "I am ready to give my head to my guru." The guru took him inside a tent and then everyone heard a slash! Most of them got frightened. Then the guru came out with a bloody sword. This had happened four more times and with Dharam Das, Himmat Rai, Mokham Chand, and Sahib Chand. Each time people got more and more frightened, and each time his sword got even bloodier. Finally, when he was done, he came out and called out the five people. They all came out wearing beautiful saffron robes and turbans. The guru baptised them, and was then baptised himself by them. He then named them the Five Beloved Ones. That motivated the crowd to take amrit on that same day. Guru Gobind Singh Ji added Singh to the names of the men, meaning Lion. He added Kaur to the women's names, meaning princess.