Guru Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of July (Ashaadh) as per the Hindu calendar by Hindus nationwide. This festival is celebrated to commemorate the importance and significance of the “Guru” i.e. a teacher.
These thoughts are philosophical, organizational as well as cultural or traditional.
This day also venerates great sage Vyasa, the ancient saint who compiled the four Vedas, wrote 18 Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata. Due to this fact only this day is also known as “Vyasa Purnima”. Devotees observe this great with great sanctity and offer pujas to their dearly loved Gurus.
The intensity of respect that Hindus show towards their gurus is evident by following shloka:-
" Gururbrahmaa gururvishnuh gururdevo Maheswarah l
Guruh-saakshaat parambrahma tasmai shrigurave namah ll "
This implies that, “Guru is creator Brahma; Guru is preserver Vishnu; Guru is also the destroyer Siva and he is the source of the Absolute. I offer all my salutations to the Guru”.
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