Guru Purnima 2020 Puja Vidhi: Many people also observe ‘Satya Narayan Vrat’ on the full moon day and worship Lord Vishnu.
Guru Purnima 2020 Puja Vidhi: Guru Purnima is celebrated among the Hindu community to honour their teachers or guides. While ‘guru’ means teacher and ‘Purnima’ signifies a full moon day, on July 5, during the full moon, followers of the tradition worship their teachers. According to drikpanchang, Guru Purnima is also known as Vyasa Purnima as this day is commemorated as the birth anniversary of Veda Vyasa, who is the author as well as a part of the legendary epic Mahabharata.
Many people also observe ‘Satya Narayan Vrat’ on the full moon day and worship Lord Vishnu. They decorate the entrances to their houses with tulsi hangings, mango leaves and garlands. Dry fruits, fruits, rice dishes, betel leaves and milk porridge are the main dishes offered to the gods on this day. Many others begin their day with meditation and self-introspection.
Purnima Tithi Ends – 10:13 AM on Jul 05, 2020
The festival is celebrated in various ways by different people. Most worshippers begin their day by offering prayers to their spiritual gurus and teachers and end it by offering the ‘Mangal Aarti’. This day is considered auspicious to fast and not consume rice, cereal-based dishes and salt.
Guru Purnima 2020: Date, history, importance and significance of Guru Purnima-
Guru Purnima 2020: Irrespective of how you see it, or which guru you bow to, as long as you have someone in your life to revere, you can commemorate them.
Guru Purnima 2020: As the name suggests, Guru Purnima is celebrated in reverence of the guru or the teacher, mainly by the Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and the Buddhist communities around the world. In India, the guru is respected because they impart knowledge and enlighten their disciples, and guide and steer them towards the right path in life. As such, it is believed the life of any human being in incomplete without the presence of their gurus.
The day is also celebrated as Vyasa Purnima, or the birthday of sage Veda Vyasa who, it is believed, wrote the epic Mahabharata and was also a part of it. The sage was born to Satyavati and Parashar on this day. Hindus believe him to be the imparter of knowledge and learning. It is also said that Vyasa was the one who classified the Vedas into Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. He also had four main disciples — Paila, Vaisampayana, Jaimini and Sumantu — who were entrusted with carrying forward his legacy.
Buddhists honour this day because Lord Buddha had given his first sermon on this day, after getting enlightened, at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh. He is, therefore, considered to be the guru whose teachings are worth celebrating. In the yogic tradition, however, Lord Shiva is seen as the first ever guru. It is believed he had appeared to the saptarishis, or the seven sages, in the Himalayas on this day as a yogi himself, to give them an understanding of Yogic learnings. This is the reason that Shiva is also hailed as Adiyogi.
The Sikhs also honor their ten spiritual gurus on this day. But irrespective of how you see it, or which guru you bow to, as long as you have someone in your life to revere, you can commemorate them.
This year, Guru Purnima will be celebrated on July 5. It is observed on a full moon day (Purnima) in the Hindu month of Ashadha, which coincides with the months of June-July, as per the Gregorian calendar.
By: science academy | New Delhi | Updated: July 5, 2020 .