Significance And Importance Of Guru Purnima || Date of Guru Purnima 2024

Full Moon days i.e pournami / purnima days have special significance / importance in Hindu religion. Full moon days in each month of the Hindu calendar are celebrated in one way or the other.

Date of Guru Purnima 2022: July 13th

DATE OF GURU PURNIMA (VYASA PURNIMA) 2022 : JULY 13th

Of all the full moon days in a year, Kartika Purnima, Sravana Purnia (Raksha Bandhan) and Phalguna Purnima (Holi - the festival of colors) are specially important.

Also Read: Importance of Kartika Purnima

Sage Veda Vyasa,Courtesy: Google Images

Aashaad Purnima / full moon day in the Hindu month of Ashaad, is celebrated as Guru Purnima / Pournami. This day is also known as Vyasa Purnima. The day is highly auspicious as it is the birth anniversary of the great Hindu sage Veda Vyasa - the Aadi Guru i.e the foremost Guru. Veda Vyasa is known to have edited the four great Vedas viz. Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharvana Veda.

Also Read: Significance of Aashad

Veda Vyasa is also known to have written the 18 puranas (the ancient Hindu texts) and is well known for his composing the great epics of Mahabhaarata and Bhagawad Geeta. It is believed that Sage Veda Vyasa taught Guru Dattatreya who is regarded as the great Guru. Hence Veda Vyasa is considered the Guru of Gurus.

Guru Purnima celebration

In the present days, Sri Shirdi Sai Baba devotees across the country specially worship Sai Baba offering special prayers. In many Sai Baba temples, devotees perform Abhishekam and perform poor feeding. Most of the Shirdi temples across the country, celebrate this festival in a grand scale and these are heavily crowded with Sai devotees.

As this is a great day, the Telugu people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana perform Aksharabhyasam of their children either at their homes or in the nearby temples. Most of the people of Andhra Pradesh and its neighboring state of Maharashtra perform this function in the famous Basar Saraswati temple in Telangana.

Also Read:
1. How to perform aksharabhyasam
2. Saraswati Temple at Basara.

Seemantham - The South Indian Traditional Baby Shower ceremony

Seemantham is a traditional south Indian way of celebrating baby shower. The same is celebrated in north India as 'godbharai' ('god' means lap in Hindi - 'd' in 'god' is pronounced as 'the' and bharai means 'to fill'). The celebration differs from region to region. Seemantham is also known by the names 'poolu mudupu' (i.e adoring flowers in the hair) and 'gajulu todagadam' (i.e wearing glass bangles) in Telugu. It is celebrated in the 5th or 7th or 9th month of pregnancy. Seemantham is one of the 16 Hindu samskaras known as 'simantonnayana' in Sanskrit. It is a samskara of the embryo / foetus that develops in the pregnant woman's womb. Usually, seemantham is celebrated for the 1st pregnancy only and not for the subsequent conceives. There are certain superstitious believes on celebrating the function. In the olden days, people believed that pregnant women are easily prone to 'dishti' or evil e

How To Perform Aksharabhyasam At Home And Basar temple

Aksharabhyasam Meaning The word 'Akshara' means letters (alphabets) in Sanskrit and 'abhyasam' means practice. Aksharabhyasam is a traditional religious function of Hindus. It is also known as 'Vidyaarambham' which literally means starting of education. In this function a child is given initiation for writing / education. With this function the child is ready to receive formal education in a school. The function is performed in different ways in different regions of India. When to perform aksharabhyasam In the olden days, aksharabhyasam was performed when the child was 5 years old. But presently because of early education at Kindergarten level, parents perform this ceremony when the child is in his 3rd year i.e. after the child completes 2 years. Normally there is a belief that aksharabhyasam should not be performed after the child completes 3 years and is in its 4th year. Where to perform aksharabhyasam The function can be performed either in a temp

School Speeches - Farewell Speech By School Principal to Outgoing Students

Author Reserves All Rights. Listen to the speech in my YouTube Channel: This sample speech would be helpful for the school principal to deliver on the occasion of school farewell day party. Respected teachers and my dear students, Good Morning / Good Afternoon to each one present here and a very warm welcome to you to the school farewell party. It's a nostalgic feeling as I remember my student life in school and my school farewell party. I am sure we all have mixed feelings on this day which is a blend of joy and sadness. On one hand you feel enthusiastic as you will be stepping into a completely new different world where you will find relatively more freedom than in a school life. While on the other hand you will feel sad as you have to depart from your school / classmates. My dear friends the time has come to bid you all farewell with a heavy heart from this esteemed institution which protected you, cared for you, supported you and guided you all these years.

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