{"id":538461,"date":"2026-04-18T22:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538461\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:17:16","slug":"london-marks-vaisakhi-with-large-crowds-in-trafalgar-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538461\/","title":{"rendered":"London marks Vaisakhi with large crowds in Trafalgar Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Large crowds filled Trafalgar Square for this year&#8217;s Vaisakhi on the Square, with the mayor praising the Sikh community&#8217;s contribution to London and welcoming families from across the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The arrival of the Nagar Kirtan procession, featuring dhol drummers, Gatka displays and decorated floats, drew large audiences around the square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Visitors also took part in turban\u2011tying demonstrations, children&#8217;s activities and information stalls run by Sikh charities and cultural organisations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stewards and police reported no significant incidents, and organisers said the atmosphere was &#8220;warm and welcoming&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Large crowds filled Trafalgar Square for this year&#8217;s Vaisakhi on the Square, with the mayor praising the Sikh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-538461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}