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Guru Purnima is celebrated in the country in different ways. Marked on the full moon day, known as Purnima as per the Hindu calendar of Ashadha month, on Guru Purnima, devotees pay obeisance to the Guru or teacher on this day, thanking for all the knowledge and life-lessons.
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The importance of a Guru has also been established in our great Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
In ancient India, parents entrusted the responsibility of their children to the Guru.
The Guru-Shishya Parampara was wonderfully woven into the social fabric witnessed.
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.
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