Vaisakhi Festival - 2012

Members of the Sikh religion celebrated the important festival of Vaisakhi today with a large procession which visited each of the six Gurdwaras or Sikh temples in the Bradford area. The festival originates in the Punjab region where it marks the first harvest of the year.

Vaisakhi Festival - Bradford

     A parade was held today as part of the annual Vaisakhi celebrations.  A procession of several thousand people visits each of the six Gurdwaras or Sikh temples in the Bradford area.  At each temple the procession stops and the participants are offered food and drink.  The picture shows the head of the procession in Wakefield Road approaching the Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji.