| Rakhi, also called Raksha Bandhan is a festival of | | | | cards which were stuck the day before. For this, |
| brother and sister in which both bestows each | | | | the red sacred thread in vermicelli is used. After |
| other with eternal love and care. In this festival, | | | | this, the sister ties Rakhi on her brother's wrist |
| the sister ties a sacred thread on her brother's | | | | with a tika of vermillion and rice on his forehead. |
| wrist. The thread is embellished with love and care | | | | Same procedure is repeated with her sister-in-law, |
| of a sister for her brother. The brother in return | | | | nephew and niece. She serves sweets to all of |
| takes the pledge to always protect her and be | | | | them. In return, the brother not only gifts her |
| with his sister in her problems. The festival is | | | | valuables as a keepsake but also promises to be |
| celebrated on a full moon day of the Hindu month | | | | always next to her-especially in her problems. |
| of Shravana in India. | | | | The love emotion in the eyes of both is palpable |
| The preparations get started since many days | | | | to all present there. This is such a sublime festival |
| before the festival. Sisters purchase gift, puja | | | | which results in a memorable family get together. |
| thali, beautiful and eclectic packets of vermillion | | | | The beauty of this sacred thread- Rakhi, is that, it |
| and rice, sacred cards with god's name written on | | | | not only strengthens the bond between real |
| them and the integral item of this festival-Rakhi, | | | | brother and sister, but also fills the heart of any |
| which is finesse. Brothers too purchase sweets | | | | boy with brotherhood for any such girl who ties |
| and gifts for their sister. | | | | Rakhi on his wrist. For the above mentioned |
| On the eve of the Rakhi festival, sisters stuck | | | | emotion, I would like to succinct a very renowned |
| the sacred cards on both the sides of the | | | | true incident. |
| entrance gate of their house. One big sacred card | | | | In the famous epic Mahabharata, lord Krishna |
| with a particular ritual design is stuck on the | | | | saved the esteem of his so called sister Draupadi |
| temple wall in the house. The number and position | | | | from her brother-in-law who was trying to rip |
| of the cards is individually diverse. | | | | asunder her sari in front of their crowded clan. |
| In the evening, the cards are worshiped with a | | | | Draupadi once tied a piece of cloth on lord |
| vermicelli sweet dish and red sacred thread. | | | | Krishna's wrist as Rakhi. To keep the respect of |
| Basically, it is considered, the cards are being fed. | | | | that relation, lord Krishna saved Draupadi esteem |
| The celebration day commences with the rituals | | | | miraculously. The incident makes the picture clear |
| by the brother and sister who are well dressed | | | | about the unbreakable bond between brother and |
| suiting the occasion. They worship the sacred | | | | sister since decades. |