Mother’s Day

Mothe’s Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May in India. This year it will be celebrated on May 9, 2021.

Mother’s Day is celebrated to appreciate mothers. Mother  plays an immensely important role in one’s life. Mothers are selfless, shower unconditional love on their children. They sacrifice all their needs for their families. Starting from feeding , teaching us manners, our mothers do it all.

It is believed that the modern Mother’s Day celebration first began in the US, when a woman by the name of Anna Jarvis wanted the day to be celebrated because her own mother had expressed such a desire. When she passed, Jarvis took up the initiative and held a memorial for her mother in the year 1908, three years after her death. It was done at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in West Virginia. It is said that while she herself did not attend it, she sent a telegram to the attendees, highlighting the significance of the day. She also sent them five hundred white carnations, it is said.

Interestingly, in the UK, it is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of March commemorating the memory of Mother Church on Christian Mothering Sunday. In Greece, it is celebrated on February 2.

On this day, people express their love, respect, honour and gratitude for their mothers.  In India  2022 ,8^th May and in 2023 14^th may mother’s day will be observed.