Why do we celebrate RAKSHA BANDHAN?
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Raksha Bandhan, which means the bond of safety, celebrates the auspicious brother-sister relationship. The Hindu festival is observed on the full-moon day or Purnima in the Hindu calendar month of Shravan. … The festival celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. Gifts are exchanged amid huge celebration.
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore started a mass Raksha Bandhan festival during the Partition of Bengal (1905), in which he encouraged Hindu and Muslim women to tie a Rakhi on men from the other community and make them their brothers
Raksha Bandhan, also abbreviated to Rakhi, is the Hindu festival that celebrates brotherhood and love. It is celebrated on the full moon in the month of Sravana in the lunar calendar. The word Raksha means protection, whilst Bandhan is the verb to tie.
The word Raksha Bandhan roughly gets translated to 'protection' and 'bond'. It is one of the biggest festivals celebrated in India as a tribute to the siblings. 'Rakhi' symbolizes the sacred thread of protection tied on the right wrists of brothers by sisters, traditionally
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Raksha Bandhan, which means the bond of safety, celebrates the auspicious brother-sister relationship. The Hindu festival is observed on the full-moon day or Purnima in the Hindu calendar month of Shravan. ... The festival celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. Gifts are exchanged amid huge celebration.The story of Raksha Bandhan is related to the Hindu epic Mahabharata. In Mahabharata, Lord Krishna once cut his finger which then started bleeding. ... Considering the cloth that she tied a sacred thread, Krishna promised her that he will protect her from all evils throughout his life.Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore started a mass Raksha Bandhan festival during the Partition of Bengal (1905), in which he encouraged Hindu and Muslim women to tie a rakhi on men from the other community and make them their brothers.
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