Raksha Bandhan is a festival of celebrating love and affection between brothers and sisters, it is a very traditional festival and the tradition is carried by tying a thread in their brother’s hand. All the brothers take a oath on this very day to protect their sister from all odds and difficulties till their last breath. They promise to their sister of their presence at the time of any problem of difficulty.
Every year Rakhi is celebrating in shravan purnima it is a full moon day on the hindu month of shravan. Mostly Rakhi comes in the august in this year it is in 24th august 2010.In our Indian history there are many stories that woman is asking for protection through Rakhi, the story of Krishna and Droupadi, Yama and Yamuna are the most famous. Raksha Bandhan is celebrated in different ways in south and north India we call it Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi purnima .In maharastra, goa and gujrat it called NARIYAL PURNIMA on that day they offer a coconut to the sea for pleased the god of the sea varuna for beginning of the season of fishing . In kumaon in the region of uttara khand it called JANYO PUNYO .The word janeu means the sacred thread and punyo means Purnima. On that day people change their jonyo or janeu. On central part of india like Madhya Pradesh, chattisgarh ,bihar this festival is celebrated as KAJARI PURNIMA. Kajari purnima is very famous between farmers and woman. In the day of Raksha Bandhan sisters make themselves ready early in the morning and then they prepare puja thali with Rakhi which contains kumkum , chawal, diya and ,mithai, Sweets, and flowers petals .The brothers also get prepare themselves and come to their sisters for the occasion. On this day sisters are taking aarti of their brother and wish good health and prosperity to the divine power then they take some kumkum and chawal and put it to their brothers forehead this episode is completed by tying a Rakhi thread on the brother’s wrist . In Raksha Bandhan gifts take a very essential part because on that day sisters gift their brothers and the brothers also give a return gift to their sisters, those who have small brothers they gift them chocolates and sweets what they likes most . On this day sisters buy some special Rakhi threads for their beloved brothers, some of them made it by herself with beeds and colourful doris. In India, on this occasion, one can get different types of Rakhis in various fancy designs, like silver Rakhi ,designer Rakhi ,zari Rakhi, beeded Rakhi, gold Rakhi, diamond rakhi and many more .Those who live outside india send online Rakhi gift and return rakhi gifts to their lovable sisters in India and in the same way the sisters also send Rakhi gift and Rakhi to different parts of the world like Rakhi to USA , Rakhi to Canada , Rakhi to UK etc.
There are so many other rakhi gift options available like rakhi with chocolates, rakhi with flowers, rakhi with cards to make the occasion more special. India is full of cultures and festivals and we almost celebrate one festival in each month. The people of India are very enthusiastic so they can celebrate each and every festival and rakshabandhan is one of the famous festivals so that day the whole country celebrate this in their own ways, Rakshabandhan reflects the sweet relation between brothers and sisters,on this day they can get an opportunity to show their love for each other. It is not necessary that one has to tie the Rakhi thread into blood relation any woman can tie a Rakhi to a male by adopting him as a brother, he can be a good friend also. At last we can say rakshabandhan is one of the most auspicious occasions where sisters show their emotional bonding through Rakhi threads.