Celebrating Teachers' Day

Indian schoolchildren perform pooja for their school teachers as part of celebrations for the Teachers' Day at DAV public School in Amritsar. September 5, the birthday of former President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, is celebrated as Teachers' Day.

  • <b><i>Gurur Brahma, gurur Vishnu:</i></b> Indian schoolchildren perform pooja for their school teachers as part of celebrations for the Teachers' Day at DAV public School in Amritsar. September 5, the birthday of former President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, is celebrated as Teachers' Day. (AFP)
    <b><i>Gurur Brahma, gurur Vishnu:</i></b> Indian schoolchildren perform pooja for their school teachers as part of celebrations for the Teachers' Day at DAV public School in Amritsar. September 5, the birthday of former President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, is celebrated as Teachers' Day. (AFP)
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  • &lt;b&gt;Love you teacher:&lt;/b&gt; A school student presents a rose to his school teacher during celebrations of Teacher's Day at DAV public School in Amritsar. (AFP)
    <b>Love you teacher:</b> A school student presents a rose to his school teacher during celebrations of Teacher's Day at DAV public School in Amritsar. (AFP)
  • &lt;b&gt;Time to learn:&lt;/b&gt; A teacher explains the nuances of an educational board game to children at a school in Bhuvaldi, near Ahmedabad, on the eve of Teacher's Day. (AFP)
    <b>Time to learn:</b> A teacher explains the nuances of an educational board game to children at a school in Bhuvaldi, near Ahmedabad, on the eve of Teacher's Day. (AFP)
  • &lt;b&gt;Job worth an 'honour':&lt;/b&gt; Vice President Hamid Ansari felicitates a teacher from Kerala with a National Award in New Delhi on Saturday. Also seen in the photo is Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal (L) and MoS HRD D Purandeswari. (PTI)
    <b>Job worth an 'honour':</b> Vice President Hamid Ansari felicitates a teacher from Kerala with a National Award in New Delhi on Saturday. Also seen in the photo is Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal (L) and MoS HRD D Purandeswari. (PTI)
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  • &lt;b&gt;Remembering Radhakrishnan:&lt;/b&gt; Children dress up as former Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to mark his birthday, which is celebrated as Teachers' Day, in Ahmedabad. (PTI)
    <b>Remembering Radhakrishnan:</b> Children dress up as former Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to mark his birthday, which is celebrated as Teachers' Day, in Ahmedabad. (PTI)
  • &lt;b&gt;Seeking blessings:&lt;/b&gt; Students of a government school touch the feet of the teachers as they perform the 'Guru-pad-puja' to mark Teachers' Day in Bhopal. (PTI)
    <b>Seeking blessings:</b> Students of a government school touch the feet of the teachers as they perform the 'Guru-pad-puja' to mark Teachers' Day in Bhopal. (PTI)