Devotees Celebrate Baisakhi Across The Country, Throng Gurudwaras. In Pics

School teachers and students celebrate Baisakhi festival in Jammu on Thursday. Devotees thronged different gurudwaras to offer prayers. (Source: PTI)

In Amritsar, devotees offered prayers at the Golden Temple to celebrate the festival of harvest. Some also took a holy dip at the Golden Temple. (Source: PTI)

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with his wife Gurpreet Kaur received 'kada prashad' during their visit to Gurdwara Sri Dukh Niwaran Sahib on the occasion of Baisakhi, in Patiala on Friday. (Source: PTI)

In Patna, devotees were seen performing rituals as part of Baisakhi celebrations today. (Source: PTI)

The holy city of Haridwar also witnessed Baisakhi celebrations as devotees gathered to take a dip in river Ganga. Har ki Pauri was chock-a-block with devotees, mostly from Punjab and Haryana. (Source: PTI)

The festival of Baisakhi marks the beginning of the Sikh new year. It is also a commemoration of the formation of the Khalsa Panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. (Source: PTI)

A huge crowd of devotees had gathered at the Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar to offer prayers to Guru Gobind Singh. Sikh devotees also thronged gurudwaras at Anandpur Sahib, Rupnagar, and Bangla Sahib. (Source: PTI)