Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan Raksha Bandhan , also Rakshabandhan ,or simply Rakhi ,is an annual festival centred around the tying of a thread, bracelet or talisman on the wrist as a form of bond and ritual protection. The festive Hindu and Jain ritual is one principally between brothers and sisters, observed both before and after she gets married thereby marking her continued relationship with her natal home and brothers.The rite is also found between priests and patrons, and sometimes by individuals to real or potential benefactors. Differing versions of the rite have been traditionally performed in northern India,western India, Nepal and some Hindu, Jai and Sikh emigrants from the India subcontinent since the 19th-century. It i...