Raksha Bandhan Festival

Special Hindu festival which is celebrated in India and other countries like Nepal

Raksha Bandhan is celebrated as a public holiday in some States like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana

Festival Raksha Bandhan celebrated in the month of Shravana on full moon day as per the Hindu lunar calendar

Raksha Bandhan popular celebrates the unique bond between a brother and sister love

Not necessary to be blood relation to tie a rakhi on Raksha Bandhan

Sister ties colorful rakhi on her brother’s right-hand wrist , brother give gifts to their sister

A thread of love and protection called “Rakhi”

Brother must wear the rakhi for 15 days from Raksha Bandhan

It is a day to express love and affection between brother and sister

Maharashtra and other areas celebrate Raksha Bandhan festivals as ‘Narali Poornima’

Rakhi Purnima is marked as Avani Avittam in South India

2023 – August 30, 2023