Baisakhi, also called Vaisakhi, is an annual festival which is celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour. It is a spring harvest festival and so it generally falls in mid-April every year. While the festival is celebrated by Sikhs across the world, in India it is majorly celebrated in the states of Punjab and Haryana.

While the festival is popularly known as Baisakhi or Vaisakhi, it is also called by different names in various parts of the country. For instance, in Assam it is called Rongoli Bihu, in West Bengali, it is called Poila Baisakh, in Tamil Nadu, it is called Puthandu, whereas in Bihar it is called Vaisakha.