Happy Mother's Day 2018: Bollywood Celebs Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar, Kajol Wish with Throwback Pics and Messages

"Mothers are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the Earth," said Marjorie P. Hinckley and rightly so! There is absolutely nobody who can love you as much as your own mother. This year Mother's Day is celebrated on May 13 and since it is Mother's Day today, B-Townies are showering their mommies with unconditional love everywhere on social media.

From Karan Johar, Sonakshi Sinha, Mira Kapoor to Amitabh Bachchan, Kajol and Priyanka Chopra - Bollywood celebs took to social media to convey their special wishes to their mothers. Check out celebrity tweets about Mother's Day right here:

Karan Johar: "[sic]#happymothersday to me and mine"

Priyanka Chopra too wished her mother, Madhu Chopra on Twitter.

Kajol: "[sic]I have a super power. It's my mom"

Sonakshi Sinha: "Happy Mothers day to my first role model, my first love and my first friend! Missing you, cant wait to come back and trouble you, a whole months quota awaits you!"

Gul Panag: "Happy #MothersDay to the best mother in the world!" 

Amitabh Bachchan: "There’s nothing like the love of a mother. This mother’s day I thank my mother and all mothers who have given their little newborns, their love, warmth and a safe pair of hands to survive and thrive."

Yami Gautam: "Happy Mother’ day to my world .. my beautiful mumma"

Arpita Khan Sharma also shared a couple of pictures with her mother.

Soha Ali Khan: "From one mother to another - Happy Mother's Day"

Randeep Hooda: "Nothing beats having a good laugh with ones mother .. it’s a day well spent #MothersDay" 

Every year Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the May month in most countries honouring moms. There are quite some theories and stories related to Mother's Day in different countries. While each story has a story to say, here is the most popular one. The modern-day Mother's Day came into being in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church which now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine. She chose the second Sunday in May because it was the Sunday closest to her mother's death. And white carnation, Reeves' favourite flower, became the Mothers' Day symbol.

The day was later officially declared by President Wilson, however, Jarvis was disappointed by the commercialization of it. Many countries followed suit with America and adopted second Sunday of May as Mother's Day. She wanted to honour her mother and to set aside a day for all mothers as she believed a mother is "the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world". Owing to her continued efforts, Mother's Day was first celebrated as a local holiday and later became popular.

However, she was unhappy with the commercialisation of the holiday. She thought her idea of Mother's Day was misinterpreted and demanded how it should be a personal feeling towards mothers. Thus, Anna Jarvis who worked for the implementation of the day started organising protests against it. She threatened to sue companies who pioneered in commercialising the day. By 1925, selling of carnations by the American War Mothers to raise money began which angered Jarvis. She was thus arrested for disturbing the peace.

In 1912, Anna Jarvis created the Mother's Day International Association and trademarked the phrases 'Second Sunday in May' and 'Mother's Day'. She specifically noted that "Mother's" should "be a singular possessive, for each family to honour its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world." In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day as a national holiday to honour mothers after US Congress passed a law designating. (Also Read: Mother's Day 2018 Date: History And Importance of The Day That Honours Mothers And Their Unconditional Love)

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 13, 2018 11:38 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).