We should all know about the different festivals in India and since Guru Purnima is almost around the corner, let us learn a few things about the festival.

We celebrate Guru Purnima to honor academic and spiritual teachers. People of every religion and caste celebrate this festival in full swing as a tribute to the mentors who shape up their lives. This is to express your thankfulness and gratitude to their teachers. It falls on the month of Ashadha as per the Hindu calendar on the full moon day or Purnima. It marks the onset of the lunar cycle and the offset of the solar cycle. Guru Purnima is also the birthday of Veda Vyasa and that is why we also call it Vyasa Puja day or Vyasa Purnima. He was a character and the author of the great epic Mahabharata. Devotees celebrate it wholeheartedly with puja samagri. 

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