Thousands celebrate Sikh festival Vaisakhi across Midlands

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Sunday 14 April 2019 at 4:32pm

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The Midland's Sikh community came out in force today for the annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan parade - which celebrates the day Sikhism was born as a collective faith under the Khalsa.

Processions took place across the region and attracting thousands of people.

This year's celebration was extra special as it's the 550th birthday of the founder of Sikhism - Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

It's thought 20,000 people were in Coventry for the procession:

The parade has also taken to the streets of Nottingham for the last 30 years: