Vaisakhi Celebrations

The annual Vaisakhi celebrations took place this weekend in Bradford.  Thousands of followers of the Sikh faith took part in a procession which called at each of the Sikh temples in the city.  The picture was taken at the Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara.

Vaisakhi Parade - Wakefield Road

Some of the major routes into Bradford were closed temporarily to allow the Vaisakhi parade to pass.

Tea Break

Workers take a break and watch the Vaisakhi parade pass by.

Vaisakhi 2012 - Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Prayers outside of the Gurdwara Nanak Dev Ji during the Vaisakhi parade on Sunday.

Vaisakhi 2012 - Guru Ravidass Bhawan Gurdwara

The Vaisakhi parade visits each Sikh temple in turn, prayers are said and hot food is served to the thousands taking part.

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.

Jalhandar to Amritsar in half an hour

     I think you could probably get from Jalhandar to Amritsar in half an hour on one of these.  This chap was posing on a police motorcycle while his friend took a picture on a mobile phone, I sneaked in and poached the shot.

Kirpan - Vaisakhi Festival

     A baptised Sikh is required to carry a sword or dagger known as a Kirpan, more of a religious symbol than a weapon.

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.