The Panj Pyara/Piara (beloved five) at the 12th annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan (procession) through Hounslow, Middx, UK.

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"Vaisakhi ( also known as Baisakhi or Vasakhi) is an ancient harvest festival in the Punjab region, which also marks beginning of a new solar year, and new harvest season. Baisakhi is a Sikh religious festival. It falls on the first day of the Baisakh month in the solar Nanakshahi calendar, which corresponds to April 13 in the Gregorian calendar. In Sikhism, it is one of the most significant holidays in the Sikh calendar, commemorating the establishment of the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib in 1699, by the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh." Wikipedia

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Location: Hounslow, Middx, UK
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