Vaisakhi Vaisakhi (Punjabi: ਵਿਸਾਖੀ) visākhī)‚ also known as Baisakhi‚ Vaishakhi‚ or Vasakhi) is a festival celebrated across the northern Indian subcontinent‚ especially in the Punjab region by the Sikh community. For the Sikh community this festival commemorates the establishment of the Khalsa. It is also celebrated by Hindus and Buddhists for different reasons. Importance for Sikhs The festival bears a great significance for the Sikhs due of the fact that on the Vaisakhi Day in the year 1699
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Evolution and Commercialization of Roadside Dhabas The transformation of Dhabas from family sustaining measure to multi-million industry Submitted by- Navdeep Kumar Bhagat (35233) Harish Katole (35223) Evolution and commercialisation of Roadside Dhabas Dhaba‚ a word that comes to our mind when we talk about tasty and spicy food. A vast network of roads connects India. It forms the economic backbone of our
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PHULKARI EMBROIDERY | | Phulkari embroidery is peculiar to Punjab. Phulkari literally means flower craft. Baugh‚ which means garden‚ is a Phulkari in which the entire surface is richly ornamented by a continuous connected design with skillful manipulation of the darning or satin stitch. Chobes is the third type of Phulkari‚ where the edges alone are ornamented‚ the center being left plain. | | ORIGIN : The origin of Phulkari is not quite fully known. Some say that the art was brought
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Do you know that Yamuna is another name for Yami‚ the sister of Yama‚ the god of death? Yami and Yama were born twins. Yama and Yami were Surya’s children. Although I have not come across any person called Yama‚ or Narada for that matter‚ we often remember these two characters in our day to day life! If anyone thwarts a serious activity of yours‚ you will complain to another: “That fellow turned up like a Yama..” And if someone creates a misunderstanding between you and a friend‚ you will
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headquarter in the state of Punjab. Famous for the Lassi‚ Ganna‚ Makke di Roti and Sarso da Saag‚ Patiala is a vibrant city inhabited majorly by Sikhs and Muslims with a plethora of crafts ranging from the famous Phulkari embroidery to the Paranda to the Tilla jutti. Crafts form an integral part of the economy of this city providing employment to many. Phullkari Phulkari is a kind of embroidery which literally translates into flowering. It is done by Most women folk of Punjab in their free time. in
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India‚ though brief‚ was strong and vigorous enough to shake the foundations of this evil empire. The agrarian uprising that he led in the Punjab was the underpinning on which the Dal Khalsa‚ the Sikh Misls and Maharaja Ranjit Singh built the edifice which finally culminated with Ranjit Singh capturing Lahore in 1799 and establishing the Sikh Kingdom of the Punjab. This resulted in the end of a dark period in the history of India. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was born in a Minhas Rajput family on October
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Dosanjh ’s song Lak 28 Kudi Da reached No 1 in BBC Asian Download Charts in May 2011. The song was released a promotional track for Diljit Dosanjh ’s film Lion of Punjab.[8] Honey Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for his song Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC Punjab Best Music Director 2011.[9] It has been reported that he has been paid the highest fee ever for a Bollywood song (as of 2012) of ₹7 million (US$120‚000) for a
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the college.[3] By this time‚ he was fluent in Hindi‚ English‚ Urdu‚ Punjabi and Sanskrit languages.[3][26][27] In 1923‚ Singh won an essay competition set by the Punjab Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. In his essay on Punjab’s Language and Script‚ he quoted Punjabi literature and showed a deep understanding of the problems of afflicting Punjab.[3] He joined the Indian nationalist youth organisation Naujawan Bharat Sabha (Hindi: "Youth Society of India") along with his fellow revolutionaries‚ and became popular
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Shaheed Udham Singh (1899-1940) Udham Singh‚ a revolutionary nationalist‚ was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899‚ at Sunam‚ in the then princely state of Patiala. His father‚ Tahal Singh‚ was at that time working as a watchman on a railway crossing in the neighbouring village of Upall. Sher Singh lost his parents before he was seven years and was admitted along with his brother Mukta Singh to the Central Khalsa Orphanage at Amritsar on 24 October 1907. As both brothers were administered the
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