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Why Fathers day is celebrated?

The day celebrates & pays tribute to fathers as they play an important role in nurturing their children and acknowledge the efforts of fathers and to thank them for their efforts.

The history of Father’s Day dates back to 1908 when Sonora Smart Dodd celebrated it to honour her father. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children.
After hearing a sermon about Anna Jarvis’s Mother’s Day at Central Methodist Episcopal Church, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them.
Although she initially suggested June 5, her father’s birthday, the pastors of the Spokane Ministerial Alliance did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June.

As per Western Culture they choose a particular day to remember their parents.Accordingly that plan to meet their parents but we in India always and everyday spend with parents.
So everyday is our day. Every moment is ours.Always respect them not on a particular day.

Note:This article is not to demoralise anyone, but now a days many children leaving their parents in oldage homes and on this Particular day they are spending with them.So who gave us this beautiful life.Just a day in a year.

Take examples of Shri Shravan Kumar, mentioned in the ancient Hindu text Ramayana.

Shri Pundalik who made to wait Vittala (Lord Vishnu) to wait at his house entrance, because was busy attending to his parents. Though he knew Lord Krishna had come to see him, he refused to pay his respect to the god before his duty towards his parents was done. Shri Pandurang temple in Maharashtra

Shri Ram who left to Jungles on his father’s order.
– A Sholka from Padma purana

*पिता धर्मः पिता स्वर्गः पिता हि परमं तपः।*
*पितरि प्रीतिमापन्ने प्रीयन्ते सर्वदेवताः॥*

Pita swarga,Pita dharm ,Pita hi Param Tapo

Pitori pritima pannay, Priyantay sarva devata.

Father is compared to Heaven , Father is Religion, Father is ultimate sacrifice. He is placed at a higher pedestal than all Gods combined.