Celebrate Raksha Bandhan - A Sacred Bond of Love

The month of August behold a day every year to mark the celebrations of Raksha Bandhan - a festival meant for the sacred bond of love between brothers and sisters. Tying Rakhi, a thread of promise of everlasting love and protection, on the wrist of a brother is the precept of Raksha Bandhan. It’s not just a lovely occasion, but a festival celebrated with utmost grace, dignity, and Love throughout the nation. And, such is the divinity of Raksha Bandhan that people of other countries are also making it a part of their yearly festive regime. And it gives us a proud feeling!

We are pretty sure that you all have some fun and happy memories about Raksha Bandhan and you will always keep them fresh on the canvas of your heart. But we wonder how many of you know the facts outlined below about Raksha Bandhan?

And how about this piece of information about Raksha Bandhan…. (that’s something familiar)

Raksha Bandhan, the festival of tying Rakhi by sisters to brothers, is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Shravan (August) according to the Hindu calendar because of which this festival is also known as Shravan Purnima. Decoding the meaning of the word Raksha Bandhan, Raksha means protection and Bandhan here means binding relations with emotions.

Well, being informative about the facts and information that we talked about above is not so important because all that matters is the sacred bond of bro-sis love. You may spend the year trolling and annoying each other in many naughty and fun ways, but on Raksha Bandhan, it all turns to pure Love. A Sister went out shopping to buy the best Rakhi for brother a day or two before the festival, putting her all to choose a Rakhi that would suit him perfectly. On the other hand, brother spends days and days to get his hands-on a gift that her sister will adore for her life.

There was a time about Rakhi when only simple pieces of Indian devotional thread, Moli (मौली), was used by sisters. But keeping up with the ever upgrading mankind, the brother-sister bond got options of various types of Rakhis to choose from. Such upgrades are only materialistic as being a sacred bond of Love, Raksha Bandhan will always remain a day of celebrating the relationship.

You can easily scroll through the web world for having information about Rakhi so that you can celebrate it in a different and more fun way, but in the end, your feelings play the crucial part. It all comes down to a promise of protection and forever Love. You have celebrated many Raksha Bandhan, and many are yet to come, the expensiveness of rakhi and rakhi gifts will never be something to care for, it’s just the emotions that flow through the heart to heart without words.

“Because for a relation such lovely and divine as of sister and brother, words are not enough.”

Happy RakshaBandhan! Happy Rakhi!