We Indians are famed worldwide because of our beautiful culture and traditions. We live in relations and die in it as well. Relations mean everything to us. If a person is tied in a relationship then he is supposed to maintain it throughout his life. There is no escape and no excuse to run from a relationship bond for a person who is already tied in it. Whether it’s the marriage knot or the relationship made by rakhi thread, every bond is pure, pious and immortal in India and this is what our tradition teaches us. The discussion about pure bond of love and affection can never be completed without rakhi thread. Rakhi is the thread that obliges two individuals to stand by each other throughout the life and the name that it gives to the relationship is brother and sister. The bond of siblinghood is one of the most respected relations throughout the world. In India this bond is bejeweled with the beautiful festival called as Raksha Bandhan.
Raksha Bandhan is made from compelling two words. ‘Raksha’ this Hindi word means protection and ‘Bandhan’ signifies bond; hence the collective meaning of Raksha Bandhan comes out to be the bond of protection, and this is what beautifies the day. Yes, the festival is celebrated among the siblings, but this is not the only hard and fast rule of the festival. No matter, whether you share the same womb or not, or you are cousins or not, if a girl and boy or a man or woman share the feeling of siblings they can move ahead to celebrate the day together. A girl tying rakhi in the wrist of a boy ties them both in the bond of love, care and affection. This is a relation that both of them are supposed to carry throughout their life. There are many instances from past as well, that people from different cast and creed who believe in the sacred rakhi thread, made immortal relationship through it.
This Hindu festival is celebrated with full zest and zeal on the full moon day or Purnima of the Shravana month, which according to Hindu calendar falls on July or August. Sister puts tilak on brother’s forehead as a sign of protection and then she ties rakhi on his wrist. The thread of rakhi is meant to protect brother from all the difficulties of his life. Once sister is done with the rituals, its brother’s turn to gratify her. He offers him gifts, goodies and sometime cash as well, as the shagun of the day. In this way the beautiful festival of Raksha Bandhan is celebrated, which clearly defines that rakhi is a bond beyond everything.
Raksha Bandhan is made from compelling two words. ‘Raksha’ this Hindi word means protection and ‘Bandhan’ signifies bond; hence the collective meaning of Raksha Bandhan comes out to be the bond of protection, and this is what beautifies the day. Yes, the festival is celebrated among the siblings, but this is not the only hard and fast rule of the festival. No matter, whether you share the same womb or not, or you are cousins or not, if a girl and boy or a man or woman share the feeling of siblings they can move ahead to celebrate the day together. A girl tying rakhi in the wrist of a boy ties them both in the bond of love, care and affection. This is a relation that both of them are supposed to carry throughout their life. There are many instances from past as well, that people from different cast and creed who believe in the sacred rakhi thread, made immortal relationship through it.
This Hindu festival is celebrated with full zest and zeal on the full moon day or Purnima of the Shravana month, which according to Hindu calendar falls on July or August. Sister puts tilak on brother’s forehead as a sign of protection and then she ties rakhi on his wrist. The thread of rakhi is meant to protect brother from all the difficulties of his life. Once sister is done with the rituals, its brother’s turn to gratify her. He offers him gifts, goodies and sometime cash as well, as the shagun of the day. In this way the beautiful festival of Raksha Bandhan is celebrated, which clearly defines that rakhi is a bond beyond everything.
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