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Guru Purnima
गुरु पूर्णिमा
Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers, and the original guru — Veda Vyasa, who classified the Vedas and gave the world the Mahabharata.
Wednesday, 29 July 2026Ashadha PurnimaDeity · Veda Vyasa & one's Guru
Recommended rituals
- 1Touch your guru's feet and seek blessings
- 2Offer guru-dakshina
- 3Read or chant from the Vyasa Bhagavata
- 4Meditate on the guru-mantra received from your teacher
Mantra
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः
Recite 108 times during the festival's auspicious window.
What is auspicious on this day
- ✓Beginning any spiritual practice
- ✓Receiving mantra-diksha
- ✓Renewing one's commitment to studies