Parents' Worship Day, known as Matru Pitru Poojan Diwas (Hindi: ????-???? ???? ????, also Matru Pitru Poojan Divas) was started by the Indian spiritual leader Asaram Bapu in 2007 as an alternative to Valentine's Day which Bapu sees as non-Indian. It is based on the Sanskrit words for mother (????, m?t?) and father (????, pit?).
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History
The day was first celebrated on 14 Feb 2007 at Sant Shri Asharamji Gurukul, Ahmedabad in presence of approx 350 people including 97 students, their parents and gurukul staff.
In 2013 the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and some schools & colleges in Bhubaneswar started to celebrate the Parents Worship Day, and in 2015 the state government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party made it an official celebration. In 2015 the right wing political party Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha endorsed the day. It was celebrated in Jammu in 2015, 2016, and 2017. In 2017 the District collector in Madhya Pradesh made this a school holiday. In December 2017, the education minister of Jharkhand, Neera Yadav issued a notice to celebrate the day in 40,000 government schools in the state in 2018. It is officially celebrated by the Chhattisgarh Govt in schools and colleges as ordered by the Chief Minister Raman Singh. Muslim students expressed love for parents by celebrating the day as 'Abba Ammi Ibadat Diwas'.
Matru Pitru Poojan Diwas (MPPD) also called Matra Pitra Pujan Divas is a festival holy initiative by Asaram Bapu. It is celebrated by Indians on 14 February every year. On this day, children from all religions hug and worship their parents. It is seen by many as a method to cement the bond between family members and to imbibe good values like respect, obedience and humility in children. Right wing activists claim that it is an alternate method to counter teenage pregnancy. In several states like Maharashtra, Haryana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Valentine's Day has been officially renamed as Matru-Pitru Diwas. On 14 February 2015, it was celebrated on a large scale by an NGO Bhartiya Yuwa Shakthi at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Krida Mandal, Nehru Nagar, Kurla. The event imparted theoretical and practical values to parents and children.
This festival draws its inspiration from the pujan of Lord Shiva and Ma Parvati performed by Lord Ganesha. According to The Hindu, Chhattisgarh has been celebrating Matru-Pitru Pujan Diwas since 2012, on the advice of Asaram Bapu.
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