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Guru Purnima or Vyasa Purnima holds great cultural significance as it is an opportunity to show our respect for our teachers and mentors who have moulded us into what we are today.
1. After a morning bath, greet your teacher(s) or the deity, and acknowledge the importance they hold in your life in the presence of their picture or idol.
2. Offer a garland.
3. Sing aarti songs.
4. Offer fruits to your guru(s), light a few incense sticks, followed by a few lamps.
5. Offer water and milk to the idol or image while offering pujas.
6. Build a spiritual connection with your teacher(s) by thinking you are eternally indebted to them for the knowledge they’ve passed on to you.
7. Chant Guru mantra, which is an integral part of the ideas for Guru Purnima celebrations.
8. Offer a personal prayer to conclude the Guru Purnima celebrations.
9. If the teacher(s) you’re praying to is alive, you can worship his feet, offer sweets, and say your prayers.