More than half a million people flocked to Surrey, B.C., for one of the largest Vaisakhi parades in Canada.
The Surrey Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade, taking place on Saturday for the first time in three years, had been paused since 2019 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
Vaisakhi celebrates the creation of the order of the Khalsa in 1699, a defining moment in Sikh history that gave the Sikh faith its final form.
Vaisakhi is marked by colourful processions, as well as the practice of serving free meals to the community in acts of seva and langar, two significant aspects of the Sikh religion.
Women and children are pictured during Vaisakhi festivities in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood. (Ben
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