Vaisakhi celebrations in US

US media has also reported on Vaisakhi celebrations in US
Sikh Community Brings in New Year
By Rachel Ensign
On Saturday, more than 75 people gathered together in Barton hall to celebrate the Sikh holiday of Vaisakhi with a moon bounce, a D.J. and samosas, a popular South Asian pastry.The event was run by the Cornell United Sikh Students Association. Sikhism is the fifth largest organized religion in the world with 23 million adherents worldwide. The religion originated in northern India in the sixteenth century and its members are known for their uncut hair and distinctive turbans....read full story....http://cornellsun.com/node/22713

Vaisakhi in Malaysia

East Malaysian newspaper the "Daily Express" reports on Vaisakhi celebrations.

Sikh New Year to be celebrated in big way
Kota Kinabalu: Vasakhi is a Sikh New Year, the birthday of Khalsa Panth (Order of the Pure) and a day of baptism, all rolled into one.
Sikhs in Sabah will celebrate the auspicious occasion on April 14 in a big way, said Darshan Singh, assistant secretary of Kinabalu Singh Sabha. But the celebration had actually begun...read full story....http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=49063

New Gurdwara Sahib at Chesapeake, Virginia

Chesapeake in Virginia gets a new gurdwara sahib.
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Region's first Sikh house of worship opens in Chesapeake
By JANETTE RODRIGUES, The Virginian-Pilot

CHESAPEAKE - A woman dressed in a tunic and flowing pants slipped off her shoes after she entered a Sikh house of worship just off Great Bridge Boulevard.
She washed her hands, pulled up the scarf draped across her shoulder so it covered her hair and walked into the prayer room, where a reader sitting on a raised platform chanted scripture from the Sikh holy book. She bowed her head to the floor before sitting cross-legged on it......http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=122876&ran=75411