On The Occasion Of Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan, is a festival dedicated to celebrate the love between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated on a full moon day of the month of Shravana. On Raksha Bandhan, the sister binds her brother to her love by tying a sacred thread around his wrist. This thread assures good life to the brother and he promises to save his sister from all evils.

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The origin of Raskha Bandhan has still not been traced but there are many significant incidents which revolve around this auspicious day.

Draupadi And Lord Krishna

Krishna while fighting evil King Shishupal, had hurt his finger. When Draupadi saw this, she tore a strip of cloth from her saari and tied it on his finger. Krishna was overwhelmed by this gesture and accepted her as his sister.


King Bali And Goddess Lakhmi

King Mahabali was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu, had taken up the job of protecting Bali's kingdom. For this purpose he had to leave Vikundam. Goddess Lakhmi, however wanted to stay along with Vishnu. She disguised as a Bhramin and took refuge in Bali's kingdom.

On the day of Poornima, she tied the sacred thread on Bali's wrist and revealed her identity. Bali was touched by her devotion to her husband and prayed Vishnu to return to his abode.
Apart from these two significant incidents, there are many more incidents which mark the importance of Raksha Bandhan.

Since 6000 years, the festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated across India and by Indians across the globe. No matter how much you fight and envy each other but at the end of the day brother and sister are the best of friends and partner of all crimes.

In this professional age, though the spirits of Rakhi is the same, the celebration is not. In this age of professionalism, occasions like Rakhi has become a mode of bringing the otherwise scattered family together. Brothers and sisters across the globe find it necessary to contact and meet each other. But with Rakhi being a working day, brothers living in the same city too find it difficult to meet theirs sisters. So, what do you think? Should Rakhi be a national holiday?

For brothers and sisters who are cannot meet this Rakha Bahndan, you can now send flowers, cakes and rakhi's online