๐ฉThe Jagadguru is Guru for all the living beings in this world.
๐ฉHis love and care extended to all beings. He describes himself as โ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฉHe ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฅ and cared for them. He ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ.
๐ฉWhen chasing Jayadratha after Abhimanyuโs death, Krishna stops and rubs down the horses, gives them water and food and then only proceeds. ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ and attend to their needs.
Guru Poornima is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists all over the world, on a full moon day in the month of Ashadha, according to the Hindu calendar, to commemorate our Gurus.
In the word โGuruโ, "Guโ means darkness and "Ruโ means the eradication of darkness. Thus "Guru" means the one who eliminates the darkness of ignorance and illuminates our lives with knowledge.
On this day,
๐ฉIn Hinduism, Bhagwan Shiva started the transmission of Yoga and lectures to the Saptarishis.
๐ฉIn Buddhism, Bhagwan Gautam Buddha on this day gave His first Sermon in Sarnath after attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya.
๐ฉAmong all the rituals of Jagannath Rath Yatra of Puri, the most interesting one seems to be Niladri Bije.
๐ฉโ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ขโ suggests Jagannath Mahaprabhu and โ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐โ means to enter. This is really interesting as it is all about the continuation of the fight between Shri Jagannath and Goddess Laxmi.
๐ฉNiladri Bije is the ceremony of Shri Jagannathโs return with His siblings from the Raths to the main temple in Goti Pahandi. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข is the procession of the Trinity from the chariots to Ratna Singhasana.
๐ฉPandharpur Wari (Wari pronounced vaaree), is an annual pilgrimage (yatra) to the town of Pandharpur, which is the seat of Hindu God Vithoba in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in honour of the deity.
๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ. Warkari is a Marathi term which means "one who performs the Wari" or "one who venerates the Vithoba".
๐ฑTrimbakeshwar Shiva Temple is an abode of one of the 12 holy Jyotirlingas. It is located in Trimbak, which is about 28 km from Nashik, Maharashtra. Godavari River originates near Trimbak.
๐ฉ Baji Rout was one of the youngest freedom fighters of India from Odisha. Baji Rout lost his father during infancy; started working as a boat-boy from a young age to run the family. He ferried people on the Brahmani river.
๐ฉ On the night of Oct 10, 1938, the British police, who carried out brutal murders of innocent freedom fighters in a nearby village, asked him to ferry them to the other side of the Brahmani River. Baji Rout flatly refused.
๐ฉ 'This boat can't be hired to the enemy of the people' said Baji Rout. British police asked him again to obey their orders. Baji Rout refused again. They manhandled him and threatened him with death. Yet he remained adamant.