Vaisakhi festival 2008 in Gravesend Kent
Vaisakhi also known as Baisakhi marks the beginning of the new Spring year and the end of the harvest in India Vaisakhi falls in the Nanakshahi calendar neither in the Amantha nor in the Purnimantha calendar on the first day of Vaisakh and marks the sun entering Mesha Rasi this fact is called Mesha Sankranti Vaisakhi is therefore determined by the sun and not the moon It usually falls on April 13 falling on April 14 once every thirty six years It coincides with Rongali Bihu in Assam Naba Barsha in Bengal Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and Pooram Vishu in Kerala
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Location: Gravesend Kent
Photo credit: © Ian Goodrick / Alamy / Afripics
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