Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is a former Indian festival in which sisters tie a sacred thread of protection nearby their brother's wrists. By accepting a thread from his sister, the brother is bound to safe his sister from harm.
The sanctity of the thread that the sister ties to a brother's hand makes the connection glow with noble thoughts and blessings of love, devotion and duty of the brother towards his sister.
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People in India celebrate this festival on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana. The frail rakhi thread is carefully stronger than iron chains in India as it binds brothers and sisters in a bond of everlasting trust and love. Sisters apply 'tikka' on their brothers' foreheads and brothers reciprocate by giving them gifts and tokens of cash.
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In turn, sisters buy gifts and sweets for their brothers. The meaning of this festival has expanded, so those who do not have brothers tie rakhis to others and kick off a new brother-sister connection that normally continues for a lifetime.
This festival also has an important social significance, because it underlines the opinion that every one in community should live in harmonious coexistence with each other as brothers and sisters in society. The best way forward towards attaining this social goal is to kick off a lifetime bond that makes men and women, young and old alike with pious feelings towards each other.
The aim of Rakhi is to accomplish a harmonious coexistence for everyone and extraction of social strains. Simultaneously, it strives to cultivate noble thoughts in community and imbibe feelings of brotherly as well as sisterly love for members of society.
The festival is rooted deeply in the psyche of every Indian since the past. Legend says that Rajput and Maratha queens have send rakhis even to Mughal kings who despite their personal differences, rose to safe them from harm.
Another story has it that Lord Indra - the ruler of the heavenly realm, was almost on the verge of losing a long drawn battle against the demons. Indira's wife came forward to help her husband and tied a talisman on his wrist. This helped Lord Indira win the war against the demons.
Yet another legend has it that Lord Yama, the God of death had a sister Yamuna. On every "Shravan Purnima", she would tie a rakhi on her brother's wrist. Since then it became former for sisters to tie a rakhi on their brother's wrist.
There are a lot of rakhis ready in the shop encompassing both former and modern themes. These consist of thread rakhis, moti (pearl) rakhis, silver rakhis, silver coin rakhis and more. There are rakhis even for children such as chocolate rakhis, Superman, Batman, Pokemon, Krish, Mikey mouse rakhis, and so on.
On this day, brothers and sisters send cards and gifts to each other. former gifts mark the occasion. These gifts consist of rakhi baskets with ethnic stuff, fashion jewellery, gift hampers, ethnic dresses like sarees, kurtis, Punjabi suits, dresses and dress material, former puja thalis, Indian Sweets like Kaju Katli, barfi, pendas, boondi laddoos and such, dry fruits such as cashew nuts, raisins, almonds, pistachios, and such.
Other gifts consist of apparels, watches, perfumes, etc other due to the sway of the present day modern culture. On this occasion, brothers also give a token of money as appreciation for their sisters. Sisters also purchase return gifts for their brothers, which includes men's items such as perfumes, kerchiefs, sunglasses, watches, mobiles, shirts, trousers, wallets, belts, apparels, electronic items, and such.
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