KATHMANDU: Guru Purnima festival and Bhanu Jayanti are being celebrated throughout the country today.
Guru Purnima festival is being observed throughout the country by paying reverence to all teachers. The festival, also marked as Teachers' Day, is observed on the full moon day in the month of July (Ashad Shukla Purnima in the lunar calendar).
The day is dedicated to the gurus or one's teacher who bestows the Gayatri Mantra for the first time during one's 'Bratabandh' or the sacred thread ceremony, initiates one to reading and writing, recites Vedic verses during the religious rituals, and other teachers in general.
Etymologically, the word 'guru' is made of two roots 'gu' and 'ru'; Gu means darkness and Ru means light. So, the word guru means the person who removes the darkness of ignorance with the light of knowledge as per the tantric and religious texts.
Our religion also sees the teacher as the embodiment of the Hindu triumvirate Gods Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. The teacher is also considered as a form of God like one's parents.
Schools, colleges and various organisations are celebrating Guru Purnima by organising different programmes and paying homage to the teachers.
Today also commemorates the Vyas Jayanti or the birth anniversary of the sage Ved Vyas who wrote the 18 Puranas and 18 Upapuranas which explain the four Vedas.
Through the Puranas and the Upapuranas, Ved Vyas has radiated the message of humanism, 'Paropakara punyaya, papaya parapidanam' (in Sanskrit), which means you earn piety and righteousness through welfare and charity but if you harm or cause pain to others you are cursed.
Bhanu Jayanti being observed Bhanu Jayanti is being commemorated by organising various programmes at home and abroad on the occasion of the 209th birth anniversary of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya today. Born in Chundiramgha in Tanahun district on Asar 29, 1871 BS, the first Nepali poet contributed immensely to uniting the country through language, literature and culture by offering various creations. Acharya translated the great epic Ramayana from Sanskrit to Nepali. The Nepali version of Ramayan is still popular and is read with enthusiasm in Nepali society. Acharya was inspired by a ghansi (grass cutter) to do something that would leave a mark in society. As a result, he translated Ramayan into Nepali that established him as a poet among the Nepali community. Other popular literary works of Acharya include Prashnottar, Bhaktamala, Ramgeeta and Badhushiksha. On the occasion, various organisations working in language, literature and culture have organised various programmes. Similarly, a programme was set to be organised before Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu this morning. Likewise, it was scheduled to garland the statue of Bhanubhakta and organise a morning procession. READ ALSO:
Bhanu Jayanti being observed Bhanu Jayanti is being commemorated by organising various programmes at home and abroad on the occasion of the 209th birth anniversary of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya today. Born in Chundiramgha in Tanahun district on Asar 29, 1871 BS, the first Nepali poet contributed immensely to uniting the country through language, literature and culture by offering various creations. Acharya translated the great epic Ramayana from Sanskrit to Nepali. The Nepali version of Ramayan is still popular and is read with enthusiasm in Nepali society. Acharya was inspired by a ghansi (grass cutter) to do something that would leave a mark in society. As a result, he translated Ramayan into Nepali that established him as a poet among the Nepali community. Other popular literary works of Acharya include Prashnottar, Bhaktamala, Ramgeeta and Badhushiksha. On the occasion, various organisations working in language, literature and culture have organised various programmes. Similarly, a programme was set to be organised before Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu this morning. Likewise, it was scheduled to garland the statue of Bhanubhakta and organise a morning procession. READ ALSO:
Published Date: July 13, 2022, 12:00 am
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