Kathmandu, Nepal: Gurupurnima, which is also known as Ashadh Shukla Poornima, is being celebrated across the country on Thursday.
The Gurupurnima used to be celebrated by honoring and expressing gratitude towards teachers, mentors and the gurus who traditionally impart wisdom and guide followers towards the path of knowledge and awakening.
The festival deserves significant meaning in the society as well as religious and cultural significance. Academic institutions, mostly the schools and campuses used to observe as the Teachers' Day to honor the teachers and professors.
The day is also observed as Vyas Jayanti in memory of Ved Vyas. Ved Vyas composed 18 Puranas and 18 Upapuranas in simple Sanskrit to explain the meaning of the Vedas by dividing them into four parts: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda.
