Baisakhi wishes pour in from Bollywood : Celebs from Bollywood wish happy Baisakhi to all

The festival of Baisakhi marks the start of the New Year for Punjabis. In the North-East, people are celebrating Bihu, which marks the first day of the Hindu solar calendar. Befittingly, celebs from Bollywood are wishing everyone a happy Baisakhi and Bihu.

Amitabh Bachchan, who takes pride in admitting that he’s half Sikh (his mother Teji Bachchan was a Sikh) took to Twitter to extend his good wishes. 

“Happy morning to all .. a very happy Baisakhi and Bihu ... may prosperity and happiness always be by your side, ready to embrace you... Baisakhi di vadhayiyan saareya nu ... rabh thonu khush rakhe !! And greetings for Bihu for all .. love, prosperity and happiness !!” he wrote. 

Abhishek Bachchan tweeted: “Aap sabko Baisaki aur bihu ki badhaiyaan” 

Vivek Oberoi wrote: “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Wishing all my Sikh, Malayali, Assamese, Bengali, Odiya and Tamil friends a very happy New Year.” 

Ritesh Deshmukh posted: "Happy happy happy Baisakhi, Vishu, Bohag Bihu, Pohela Boishakh, Vishuva Sankranti and Puthandu - happiness to all -Much love" 

Genelia D'Souza wrote: “Wishing all a happy Baisakhi, Vishu, Bohag Bihu, Pohela Boishakh, Vishuva Sankranti and Puthandu, hav a gr8 day n gr8 new year”

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Happy Baisakhi 2011

Blood donation & Free Medical check up camp at Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College

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i have stopped trimming

sat sri akal veerji,

if u remember abt two months ago we were on topic of trimming, pls check my photo, finally i have stopped trimming,, thax to u all veerji for this motivation. 

Bhupinder Singh

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Baisakhi Celebration in Southhall Gurudwara(London):10th April 2011

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Sobha Singh work fetches Rs 1 cr, Baroda pearl canopy Rs 10 cr

NEW YORK: A famous pearl canopy of Baroda sold for Rs 10.30 crore while an oil portrait of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh by celebrated artist Sobha Singh fetched Rs 1.04 crore at a Sotheby's auction here.

The total sale at the Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art auction was $ 9,431,375, the auction house said.

A copper Manjushri figure from the 11th/12th century sold for $ 2,322,500.

An opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper of Maharaja Arjun Singh with his courtiers sold for $ 27,500, four times its pre-sale upper estimate while another painting of Maharaja Man Singh fetched $ 16,250, twice the estimate.

A ceremonial dagger, Damascus steel blade with 2 ivory hilt from South India, Madurai also exceeded its $ 20,000-30,000 estimate to sell for $ 158,500.

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APSCC demands fresh probe into Chitisinghpora massacre

Srinagar, Apr 3 (PTI) A Kashmiri Sikh body today demanded a fresh probe into the Chitisinghpora massacre in which 35 members of the minority community were massacred by unidentified gunmen in March 2000."For the last 11 years, we are demanding an inquiry into Chitisinghpora, but till now no inquiry has been ordered," All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina told reporters here today.In March 2000, 35 Sikhs were gunned down in Chitisinghpora village of south Kashmir's Anantnag district, on the eve of the then US President Bill Clinton's visit to India.The government blamed Lashkar-e-Toiba for the massacre and few days later police claimed to have killed the five foreign militants involved in the incident. However, a CBI inquiry revealed that the killed youth were local civilians and not militants."Many agencies are planning such conspiracies and we want a probe into that," Raina said.APSCC also asked the government and the army to come clean on what happened during the US President Barack Obama's visit last year to the country when uniformed gunmen intruded into two predominantly Sikh villages, raising fears in the community."When Obama came here, the government and the Union Home Minister said minorities here, which are Sikhs, face danger. 

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10,000 people to hit Coventry's streets for Sikh festival

UP TO 10,000 people from the Sikh community are expected to take to the streets of Coventry for the Vaisakhi parade later this month.

The festival will tell the story of the founding of the Sikh faith and involve a number of floats. 

The event takes place in Hillfields and Foleshill and will end with a spectacular sword fighting display.

The Nagar Kirtan event on Sunday, April 24, will begin with a number of donations to charities including the Coventry Telegraph’s Snowball appeal, The Police Benevolent Fund, and Age Concern.

Floats – including one modelled on The Golden Temple in Amritsar and a parade of Jaguar cars – will then take to the streets from the Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash temple in Harnall Lane, Hillfields.

Hardeep Singh, event manager for the parade, said: “Vaisakhi celebrates the formation of Sikhism as a nation and the time when its disciples were given clear instructions on how they should live.

“The Sikh community has specifically chosen these charities as they typify Sikh values such as contributing positively to society, selfless service and caring for elders.”

The parade will be led by five Sikhs called the Panj Pyare dressed in traditional attire with others playing drums to announce the celebration as it moves through the streets.

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