Guru Purnima Celebration 2025 - Jacksonville, USA

Guru-Purnima, which is celebrated every-year on the full moon day of the sacred month of Ashaadh as per the Hindu calendar, is dedicated to all the teachers (Guru) in this world. On this day, we take out special time and express our faith and gratitude towards our revered teachers for giving us the knowledge that has enriched our mind and has helped us progress in life.

In one of the hymns, Kaviraj describes:

Guru te kone kehvay jene jova thi sheesh jhuki jay….
Sadguru kone kehvay? Joi ne triyoge vandan thay!!!

Meaning: Guru (the Teacher) is One, seeing whom, our head automatically bows down in utter reverence…

Sadguru (the Enlightened One) is One, seeing whom, our heads automatically bow down in utter reverence as we pay obeisance to Him through our thoughts, words and actions.

Hence on this day, we also especially worship those, whom we hold in highest regard for being a beacon of knowledge in our life, and gratefully thank this Sadguru, for having guided us on the right path that liberates us, for inspiring us to move and grow on this path, for holding our hand firmly, yet tenderly, through all the ups and downs, and ensuring that we happily and confidently progress on the path and achieve our goal of attaining ultimate liberation.

Accordingly, with the right faith and worship oozing in every heart, Dada Bhagwan’s Guru-Purnima 2025 was celebrated on July 10, 2025, with great devotion and enthusiasm, in the pious presence of Pujyashree Deepakbhai, at Jacksonville, USA.

Early in the morning, the celebrations of Guru-Purnima 2025 began with the chant of the auspicious Trimantra, followed by the Namaskar vidhi, where everyone offered their highest obeisance to all the revered Gods and Goddesses.

This inspiring message from Pujyashree was followed by the Jagatkalyan Samayik (a short prayer for the salvation of this world) and Pujan-Divo-Aarti (ritualistic worship, chanting of prayers and hymns and waving lamps) of Lord Simandhar Swami and Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan.

Pujyashree was then garlanded, with fresh flowers, amidst the claps and cheers of the followers and the lyrics and music of the Guru Purnima 2025 song ‘Dada tamara jai jai kaar’ playing in the background, that devotionally charged the entire atmosphere!!!

Following this was the Darshan program, the key event, where every follower pays their obeisance to the Gnani, and very earnestly, asks Him to grant the strength to come out of every specific weakness that has been hindering the progress and posing an obstacle for the best spiritual effort one wishes to put in.

And finally, the day ended with a beautiful Bhakti, and a cute GNC Parade, where children held placards, displaying the Guru-Purnima messages given to us by Pujyashree over the years, thus making the role of the Supreme Guru, evidently clear to us - how He enlightens our path of salvation, how deeply He cares for our progress, lifts us at every level and ensures we move up the path of progress and reach the next milestone. Long live the Gnani and His grace!!!