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Baisakhi has a special meaning for the Sikhs. On this day
in 1699, their tenth Guru Gobind Singh organized the order
of the Khalsa and administered amrit (nectar) to his first
batch of five disciples making them Singhs, a martial community.
Again, on this day in 1875, Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded
the Arya Samaj-a reformed sect of Hindus who are devoted to
the Vedas for spiritual guidance and have discarded idol worship.
This day is once again of immense religious import to the
Buddhists because Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment and
Nirvana on this auspicious day.
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