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Raksha Bandhan, A Bond of Protection
Posted 01 Aug 2020 05:29 PM

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Raksha Bandhan is a popular, traditionally Hindu annual rite or ceremony, which is central to a festival of the same name, celebrated in India, Nepal and other parts of the Indian subcontinent and among people around the world influenced by Hindu culture.

On this auspicious day, sisters of all ages tie a talisman or amulet called the Rakhi around the wrists of their brothers, symbolically protecting them, receiving a gift in return and traditionally investing the brothers with a share of the responsibility of their potential care.

Raksha Bandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shraavana, which typically falls in the month of August. The expression "Raksha Bandhan," sanskrit, literally means "the bond of protection, obligation or care" is now principally applied to this ritual.

Until the mid 20th century, the expression was more commonly applied to a similar ritual, also held on the same day with precedence in ancient Hindu texts, in which a domestic priest ties amulets, charms, or threads on the wrists of his patrons or changes their sacred thread and receives gifts of money.

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