In many countries including India, Mother’s Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May. This year Mother’s Day will be celebrated in India on 12th May. Mother’s Day is celebrated all over the world to express our respect and gratitude towards the mother. A mother not only gives birth to a child but also nurtures it and also stands by her child in every joy and sorrow of life. Today we will tell you when and why Mother’s Day is celebrated.
Whatever you do for your mother is not enough because no one in this world can match her. Someone has rightly said that God cannot reach everywhere, that is why he created mother. On Mother’s Day, children congratulate their mothers on Mother’s Day and express respect, love and gratitude towards them. Apart from this, children also give gifts to their mother to make her feel special.
History of Mother’s Day
Celebrating Mother’s Day was started by American woman Anna Jarvis. However, celebrating Mother’s Day was formally started on May 9, 1914 by the then US President Woodrow Wilson. At that time, by passing a law in the US Parliament, it was decided to celebrate Mother’s Day every year on the second Sunday of the month of May. From that time, Mother’s Day started being celebrated on the second Sunday of the month of May in many countries including America, Europe and India.
Why is Mother’s Day celebrated only on the second Sunday of the month?
Mother’s Day was started by an American activist Anna Jarvis. Anna Jarvis was very fond of her mother. Jarvis lived with her mother and never married. After her mother’s passing, Anna started Mother’s Day to express her love for her mother. For this, Anna chose such a date that it fell around her mother’s death anniversary, May 9. Since that time, Mother’s Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May.
There are many popular traditions in Europe and Britain, where the fourth Sunday of the month, three weeks before Easter Sunday, is celebrated in honor of mothers, which is called Mothering Sunday. In Europe, this day is called Mothering Sunday, whereas many people belonging to the Christian community also call this day in the name of Virgin Mary. Whereas the United States, India and Canada celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.