Basant Panchmi- Chheharta Sahib

Chheharta Sahib is a town located 7 km west of Amritsar city of Punjab in India, on the Grand Trunk Road leading to the Pakistan border. The town derives its name from the Gurudwara Chheharta Sahib, established by the fifth Sikh Guru Guru Arjan Dev ji Guru Arjan Dev ji, the fifth Sikh guru, had a large well constructed in this area. The well was so large that it required 6 Persian wheels to operate. Chheharta got its name from the six wheels, where six is chhe and the Persian wheel is called hart. The Town attracts huge visitors on the occasion of Basant Panchmi in which the old tradition of Kite Flying is still very common. The Crowd is enriched with people wearing yellow turbans which hold a significance to the spring festival. It is famous for Basant Panchmi which is a festival marking Spring season people living in Punjab. People from all over the Punjab visit and fly kites and offer prayers to their Guru.