Today was celebrated as Guru Purnima by devotees of Hindu, Bhuddist, jain and Sikh faiths. Why do we celebrate this day as Vyasa Jayanti ? Why is Vyasa Maharshi important to us? Watch to learn abt about this great teacher.

Why do we celebrate Guru Purnima?

It is a public holiday in Bharat, but hardly anything is taught about it in schools. So, most of us just know that it is an extra day of holiday. Why should some ancient Hrshi's birthday be celebrated by us? Atleast Gandhi and Nehru were in our Independance sttruggle and their birthdays have some relevance to us. But, Veda Vyasa Jayanthi means nothing to the hindu of Bharat.

This is the reason, this day gained more traction as Buddha Purnima, even though we have very few Buddhists in India.

Among some others, the modern version of honouring all teachers as gurus has recently caught up. Like teacher's day, people believe this to be a Bharatiya version of teacher's day. While, honouring teachers is a very integral part of bring a Hindu, is this the original purpose of this day?

So, let us see why we celebrate Guru Purnima.

Hindus, Buddhist, Jains and Sikhs celebrate this festival, as a day dedicated to honouring their Gurus. Hindu Gurus like Shankaracharya, Madhavacharya, Sai Baba, Sri Krishna (because of Bhagavat Gita teaching) are also venerated on this day. Yet, among Hindus this is only known and followed by some persons following certain religious institutions like the Ashrams or Matts for the various Gurus. To the lay person, a Guru is either a teacher or a fake Sanyasi fooling people.

Guru Purnima has still not been understood. Let us clearly look at this day.