The annual celebration of Raksha Bandhan is to grace the bond of affection between brothers and sisters. It is a gala in the cute remembrance of the golden time we have with our siblings. The festival of togetherness is of great importance in India and also outside the world. It is being celebrated in the holy month of Shravana every year with intense joy and happiness. What makes the festival more important is the thread of rakhi which is tied around brother’s wrist for his protection from the evil forces. Rakhi is the thread of love and protection, which is meant to keep a tight hold in the relationship of brother and sister. No matter, whether they are biologically related to each other or not, the thing that will matter a lot in celebration the cute festival is the feeling what they carry for each other.
If there is protectiveness of brother and caring nature of sister, then definitely their relationship can be tied in the sacred rakhi thread. Raksha Bandhan is considered to be a very pious festival. It is the cute bonding of love and affection that means a lot for two individuals. The distance of miles is covered by the siblings in order to complete the rituals of the holy festival. Of course the festival has attained a touch of modernity, but its root is still connected with our old rituals. There are many historic instances that define the significance of rakhi thread. The best that could describe the true meaning of the thread is sisters passing all the hindrance in order to make her rakhi reach its perfect destination.
If brother is nearby she will manage to reach him and if he is far away she will make all her possible efforts so that his hands can be adorned with her rakhi. When sister offers him rakhi along with few eatables, then there comes the turn of brother, to complete the obligations from his side. On rakhi festival it’s not only about the sacred thread, there is something else which is more interesting than that and it is rakhi return gift. As appraise of sister’s effort brother gives her gift to cheer for the special day and it is considered as the momentous of relationship. Online rakhi sites have now made it convenient for brothers and sister both to convey the festive wishes in the most convenient way. Sisters buy and send rakhi online to India or at other parts of the world wherever their brothers are residing and brothers also repeat the same process to send rakhi return gifts to India.
Saurabh 