The bond between a brother and a sister takes so many shades. They argue, they quarrel, they fight but they also pray for each other’s safety, success, and prosperity with a bosom full of love, affection and respect.
Rakhi festival is celebrated on the Shravan Purnima (full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravan (July - August), where in sisters tie the sacred Rakhi thread on their brothers right wrists, and pray for their long life. Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is called by various names such as Vish Tarak (the destroyer of poison), Punya Pradayak (the offer of boons), and Pap Nashak (the destroyer of sins).
As Rakhi signifies the various phases of protection from evil forces, as a mark of this, the sister ties Rakhi string to her brother’s hand. The Raksha Bandhan thread is tied on the right wrist of brothers who in return take a pledge to protect their sisters from all evils. This Rakhi thread binds brothers and sisters into a bond of affection and care for each other. These threads in ancient times used to have simple traditional looks. However, in the modern times, Rakhis are made more attractive, finely blown up using various artistic patterns.
Though, Rakhi Festival is more famous in north and western region of India, Raksha Bandhan festival is celebrated with much religious importance all over India.A part in the Indian epic Mahabharatha narrates the divine bond of brother-sister love between Lord Krishna and Draupathi.The most delicate nature is
established between the fair sex and the cavaliers of Rajasthan. Though the
bracelet may be sent by maidens, it is only on occasions of
urgent danger or necessity . The Rajput dame bestows with the
Rakhi the title of adopted brother and while its acceptance
secures to her all protection of a cavaliers servant, scandal
itself never suggests any other tie to his devotion. He may
hazard his life in her cause .Such is the grandness of the thread
of Rakhi.
