Sunday, 21 July 2024

This festival is celebrated on Ashada Purnima. Guru Purnima is the day to celebrate and pay our gratitude to our Gurus, teachers or mentors. It also commemorates the birthday of Ved Vyasa, that is why Guru Purnima is also known as Vyasa Purnima. Ved Vyasa was born on this day to parents Satyavati and Rishi Parashar. He is known as writer of Mahabharata and other holy books. He collected the Vedas and divided its hymns into four parts, they as knows as Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. As this Vedas knowledge was quite difficult, he created Puranas. In these Puranas, he explained the knowledge of Vedas as interesting stories. Ved Vyasa original name was Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, due to great contribution to vedas, he is knows as Veda Vyasa.

Guru Purnima is an auspicious festival for Buddhists as well, as it is believed that Lord Buddha gave his first sermon on this auspicious day. That is why the day is also known as Buddha Purnima. It is auspicious day for the Jains too, on this day, the 24th Tirthankara, Mahavira made Gautam Swami (Indrabhuti Gautam) his first disciple. He thus became a Guru and hence the day is observed as Guru Purnima.

Guru Purnima (1950 to 2050)