Punjab Govt declares Local Holiday in Sri Muktsar Sahib District
KI Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
Punjab Government has declared local holiday in Sri Muktsar Sahib district on January 14, 2020.
Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson of the Punjab Government said that all the offices of the Punjab Government, Boards, Corporations and Educational Institutions in the district would remain closed on the auspicious occasion of Maghi Mela.
Punjab Govt declares Local Holiday in Sri Muktsar Sahib District on January 14 and a notification has been issued by the Personnel Department, Punjab in this regard.
MAGHI MELA
Mela Maghi, held at the holy city of Sri Muktsar Sahib each year in January, or the month of Magh according to Nanakshahi calendar is one of the most important melas (fairs) of India and the most important of all religiously significant gatherings of the Sikhs.
Guru Amar Das Ji chose Maghi as one of the three festivals to be celebrated by Sikhs (the others being Baisakhi and Diwali).
The Maghi fair is held to honour the memory of the forty Sikh warriors killed during the Battle of Muktsar in 1705. Muktsar, originally called Khidrana, was named as Muktsar (“the pool of liberation”) following the battle.
After the battle of Muktsar which took place on 8 May 1705,(21 Vaisakh 1762 Bikrami calendar)Maghi became to be associated with the forty Sikhs and the battle of Muktsar.
