KATHMANDU, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Every occasion in Nepal is celebrated auspiciously by its people and the Teacher's Day also will be observed unexceptionally.

The nation, which is largely dominated by Hindu religious people, celebrates Teacher's Day in an auspicious and religious manner while paying respect to the knowledge that is bestowed to them by their teachers.

The full moon day which falls on the month of Asad, the third month in the lunar calendar (mid July) is marked as the Teacher's Day or Guru Purnima, where teachers are associated with Gods for their qualities of sowing the goodness in his students.

The day also commemorates great hindu sage Vyasa, who wrote the four Vedas, the epic Mahabharat and the Gita, the sacred book of the religion.

Likewise, the tradition also began during the ancient times when students were sent to Gurukul or ancient schools, where they spent the entire time learning from their Guru or Teacher about the essentials of life until they graduated. The day was thus marked in order to honor the effort and knowledge that the teachers provided.

And even to this day, the day is marked with much significance mainly in schools and colleges where the relationship of teacher and students persist.

The word Guru or teacher is derived from two Sanskrit words, where "Gu" refers to darkness and "Ru" refers to the remover of darkness, thus the etymological meaning of the word means someone who gets rid of darkness.

Although the celebration of Teacher's Day was different in ancient time, which included strict fast and rigorous worship by students during auspicious hours to express their gratefulness, in the recent days, in Nepal it is observed in a modern way.

Students bring gifts to their teachers in some celebrations with singing and dancing. Teachers are also relieved of their duties in classrooms when all the schools are involved in merry air.

Bishnu Bhandari, a mathematics teacher in a local school told Xinhua, "it's a pleasure to know that so many students love me. I received a lot of gifts and also this statue given collectively by my outgoing students. It makes me emotional."

Bhandari also hoped that his students will have a better future in their lives. "I will make my best efforts to teach all the right and good things to my students so that in future they will never face any troubles in this field," he further said.

Although times might have changed the way of celebration, the day still enhances the teacher-student relationship, where every student aims to imbibe knowledge from their teachers and teachers hope students a bright future.