Guru Purnima(Full moon Day) festival is known as Vyas Purnima.According to hindu Gujarati Calendar Guru Purnima or Vyas Purnima is celebrated of Gujarati month Ashad or Ashada full moon day every year.According to Gregorian calendar Guru Purnima Celebrated of Month of June-July.The period 'Chaturmas' ("four Months Period") begins from this day.Here is some information about Guru Purnima festival Date of year 2016 to year 2021 and many more.
Guru Purnima Date Year 2016 to Year 2021
Guru Purnima Festival Date of Year
2016: July 19 Tuesday
Guru Purnima Festival Date of Year 2017: July 9 Sunday
Guru Purnima Festival Date of Year 2018: July 27 Friday
Guru Purnima Festival Date of Year 2019: July 16 Tuesday
Guru Purnima Festival Date of Year 2020: July 5 Sunday
Guru Purnima Festival Date of Year 2021: July 24 Saturday
About Guru Purnima
On Guru Purnima or Vyas Purnima Day People worship and pay respect to their Guru.Guru Purnima is celebrated in the sacred memory of the great sage Vyasa, the ancient saint who compiled the four Vedas, wrote eighteen Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata.The day of Guru Purnima or Vyasa Purnima is dedicated to all the academic teachers and the spiritual teachers in one’s life.
On this day, all spiritual aspirants and devotees worship Vyasa in honor of his divine personage and all disciples perform a "puja" of their respective spiritual preceptor or "Gurudevs".
In Buddhism, the day is celebrated by performing meditation. Whereas in Hinduism, some songs and Bhajans are sung at temples.
Guru Purnima is celebrated at various ashrams, especially with much grandeur at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh. The day is celebrated here on a grand scale with devotees coming from various parts of the country. The same is also celebrated at ashram of Satya Sai Baba at Puttaparthy, Ashram in Amritapuri and few other places of spiritual importance. Guru Purnima is also celebrated few places outside India.
Guru Mantra
“Yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau
Tasyaite kathitaa hi arthaaha prakashante mahatmanaha”
Meaning: : Guru to be worshipped in the same manner as the deity - God, to attain all there is to attain on the path of God-realization. When we realize this then there is a need to search for someone to teach you!
"Gururbrahmaa Gururvishnuh Gururdevo Maheswarah
Guruh-Saakshaat Parabrahma Tasmai Shrigurave Namah "
Meaning: the Guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva), revere the Guru who is a manifestation of Parabrahma, the Supreme God.
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