Gandhinagar: Guru Purnima will be celebrated with devotion in Gujarat on Sunday, July 21st. This day is observed on the full moon of the Hindu month of Ashadha. The celebration of Guru Purnima emphasizes the importance of knowledge, learning, and the Guru-Shishya (teacher-student) relationship in Hindu culture. Guru Purnima is traditionally celebrated to honor Ved Vyas, who was born on this auspicious day. Ved Vyas is credited with the classification of the Vedas into four parts—Rigveda, Ya...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, In 2005 organised a felicitation program for his School teachers in Ahmedabad, where he did Guru Vandana and sought blessing from his school teachers. On the occasion of Guru Purnima, ModiStory.In, a voluntary initiative that collects memoirs associated with popular leader has tweeted a video of Shri Modi's teacher in which he speaks about the year 2005 felicitation programme. A total of 27 teachers were invited to the event and, the PM the then ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gurujis have been accorded a special status by the Hindu scriptures. Each year on the Ashadh Sud Punam is traditionally celebrated as Guru Purnima to commemorate the invaluable contribution made by the teacher in an individual’s life under Hindu beliefs. In keeping with this tradition, Guru Purnima will be celebrated with great fanfare on Wednesday (July 13) in the ‘Purvashadha Nakshatra’ and ‘Aindra Yoga.’ From 4.02 am on Chaudash ‘Kshay Tithi’ to 12.08 after midn...Read More