India is a country where many religions are followed and as a result, the number of festivals celebrated in the country is also high. Teachers or Gurus hold a lot of importance in the Indian tradition and in fact, they are almost equivalent to God. A festival which is called Guru Purnima is celebrated to pay the gratitude to teachers for the development of the society. Purnima is associated with full moon and Guru Purnima is celebrated in the month of Ashadha of Shakha Samavat as per the Hindu calendar. It can be said that this day is very important for Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. It is also believed that Gautam Buddha gave his first sermon on this day only which will be celebrated on July 9 this year.
Netizens are sharing the teachings of gurus and spreading their wisdom but one tweet that has caught the attention of everyone is the tweet from NASA. The space organization has mentioned Guru Purnima and talked about different names given to the full moon.
NASA tweeted a pic of full moon with caption, “Full moon this weekend – called Guru Purnima, Hay Moon, Mead Moon, Ripe Corn Moon, Buck Moon, or our favorite, THUNDER MOON”
Full moon this weekend – called Guru Purnima, Hay Moon, Mead Moon, Ripe Corn Moon, Buck Moon, or our favorite, ⛈️ THUNDER MOON ⛈️ pic.twitter.com/XLufAdoDEQ
— NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) July 7, 2017
NASA’s purpose was just to spread other names of full moon of July which is very important to Sky watchers; however Indians got much excited and took to Twitter to express their feelings. Here are some selected tweets:
We all wish it:
May this Guru Purnima bless NASA with more energy to serve Planet Earth.
— Vivek (@Laatsahabg) July 8, 2017
Thank You NASA:
https://twitter.com/DeolaYadav/status/883676997561458688
Thankyou for recognising Guru Purnima, or Teacher's Day as per vedic practices. Wish you all a blessed Guru (Teacher) Purnima (Full moon).
— 🇮🇳 अजीत অজীত Ajit అజిత్ અજીત اجیت अजित (@the_ajitsingh) July 8, 2017
Thanks NASA for recognizing Guru Purnima. It is an honour to our "Guru" means teacher.
— Ashish Sinha (@Ashish30012113) July 8, 2017
Ekadashi:
Thank you for mentioning #GuruPurnima Do read about #Ekadashi how it affects human brain as per Hindu scriptures #Veda #Vedas
— MiNi 🇮🇳 (@monicanitin) July 8, 2017
This Shloka:
https://twitter.com/AcmatixJoshi/status/883841631912247296
Meaning of Guru:
Guru means removal of darkness. Festival dedicated to spiritual & academic teachers. Thank you NASA . About 40 % scientists are Indians.
— biju govind (@bijugovind) July 9, 2017
Happy Guru Purnima:
धन्यवाद @NASAmoon
गुरु पूर्णिमा की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ व अभिनंदन https://t.co/ZfZJwpzkod— Narendra Shivaji Patel (मोदी का परिवार) (@nsp2106) July 8, 2017
Purn Guru (Complete Teacher):
https://twitter.com/NishaSinha01/status/883924339002888192
Beautiful!
Beautiful but Slight different view in India! Top and bottom mentioned in the pic pic.twitter.com/QHwbtvX3jK
— Eric Siganporia (@erics8145) July 8, 2017
Definitely!
https://twitter.com/PankajRai108/status/883702381795475457
Epic tweet:
Epic tweet NASA…..
Indian influence around the world!!!!
Waited fr these days so long😙😙😙— Harsh Singh (@iamHarsh3009) July 8, 2017
The ultimate couplet:
गुरु गोविन्द दोऊ खड़े काके लागूं पांय ।
बलिहारी गुरु अपने गोविन्द दियो बताय ।। pic.twitter.com/5UDnqacOPy— Prashant Agrawal (@prashantagrvns) July 8, 2017
RVCJ Wishes Everyone A Happy Guru Purnima!
