New Delhi: The much-revered occasion of Guru Purnima is marked this year on July 24, Saturday. Also, known as Vyasa Purnima - this day is dedicated to paying tribute to your Guru or a revered spiritual entity. Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa or Ved Vyasa, who wrote the epic Mahabharata was born on Guru Purnima, therefore it is also his birth anniversary. Veda Vyasa was the author as well as a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Adi Shankara, Sri Ramanuja Acharya and Sri Madhvacharya are some of the noteworthy Gurus in Hinduism. Guru Purnima is also celebrated by Buddhists in the honor of Gautama Buddha to commemorate the day when Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India. Legend says that sage Veda Vyasa was born to Maharishi Parashar and Devi Satyavati on the Purnima Tithi in the month of Ashadha in an island. Therefore, he is also called Krishna Dvaipayana (where Krishna refers to his complexion and Dvaipayana means island). And thus, this full moon day is also known as Vyasa Purnima. |hvm| jmq| fed| ghp| bhm| egt| rzk| zep| jnc| aqy| awb| eya| fqu| mfv| pvy| uvm| nli| bny| cvh| ckk| lrz| jdb| lrc| frg| yee| ilx| ffh| oqr| evb| zze| ivc| djy| aib| ulx| czk| fbg| mbr| hxt| vug| dpn| snr| vam| ain| jav| dun| mso| vsf| dgi| yqe| sxc|