Congress to celebrate Guru Purnima in Gujarat

Gujarat Congress will hold Gurujan Pujan programmes across Gujarat at district and municipal corporation levels covering 33 districts and 8 municipal corporation on July 31, Guru Purnima day.

General Secretadry of Gujarat Congress Gurudevs belonging to various sects and religions will be held by Congress party, according to Nishit Vyas sai.

Party’s student wing NSUI will visit schools, colleges and education institutes to celebrate Guru pujan there.

Indian culture gives important to Guru and therefore Guru pujan is our culture and our duty, Vyas said.

Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima is an Indian festival dedicated to spiritual and academic teachers. This festival is traditionally celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists, to pay their respects to their teachers and express their gratitude. The festival is celebrated on the full moon day (Purnima) in the month of Ashadh (June–July) of the Shaka Samvat, which is the Indian national calendar and the Hindu calendar.

The celebration is marked by ritualistic respect to the guru, Guru Puja. The Guru Principle is said to be a thousand times more active on the day of Gurupurnima than on any other day.

The word guru is derived from two words, gu and ru. The Sanskrit root gu means darkness or ignorance, and ru denotes the remover of that darkness. Therefore, a guru is one who removes the darkness of our ignorance. Gurus are believed by many to be the most necessary part of life.

On this day, disciples offer puja (worship) or pay respect to their guru (spiritual guide). In addition to having religious importance, this festival has great importance for Indian academics and scholars. Indian academics celebrate this day by thanking their teachers as well as remembering past teachers and scholars.

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