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Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated with great frevour across India today. However, in some parts, the festival will be celebrated on Thursday as well. The day marks the unbreakable trust and immense love between sister and brother. On this day, sisters tie Rakhi, a sacred thread, around their brother’s wrists and wish them a prosperous and healthy life, while the brothers promise to protect and cherish their sisters. Here’s a glimpse of the celebrations –
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School girls tie rakhi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wrist on August 30 in Delhi as they celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan with him. (ANI Photo)
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Muslim women and children display a ‘Chandrayaan-3’ themed Rakhi ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival in Bhopal. This auspicious festival is a sacred reflection of our culture. (PTI Photo)
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School children display a huge ‘rakhi’ created by them ahead of ‘Rakhsha Bandhan’ festival in Nagpur on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)
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A jeweller shows a ‘rakhi’ made of a silver coin on the theme of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission in Surat on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
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Women shop for Rakhi, a sacred thread, on the eve of the Raksha Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad in India. (AP Photo)
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Raksha Bandhan celebrated with fervor across the nation. Women tie the thread on the wrist of their brothers or men they regard as brothers during this festival which celebrates the brother-sister relationship. (AP Photo)
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Raksha Bandhan is here and people are ringing in the festivities in grandeur in every nook and corner of the nation. The picture is from Jammu where big ‘rakhi’ stalls adorn the side of the roads on the occasion. (AP Photo)
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People shop for ‘Rakhi’, or a sacred thread, ahead of ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival in Hyderabad on Monday. (AP Photo)
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A supporter of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ties a ‘rakhi’ on the wrist of a Muslim auto driver outside a railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday. (AP Photo)
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People shop for ‘Rakhi’, or a sacred thread, ahead of ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival in Hyderabad on Monday. (AP Photo)
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A woman ties a ‘rakhi’ on the wrist of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s wrist during his visit to ‘rakhi’ stalls set up by women self-help groups at Secretariat in Dehradun on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
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A women tie ‘Rakhi’ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Johannesburg on August 22 ahead of Raksha Bandhan. (PTI Photo)
