TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF RAKHI

Hello guys… Raksha Bandhan is the most awaited festival of the year for each and every girl. It is an occasion to celebrate the sacred and unconditional relation between a brother and a sister. Here, we are discussing about the Traditions and Customs of Rakhi. So exiting!!!!!! Let’s begin

Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan is also called Rakhi Purnima or Rakhi. On Raksha Bandhan, sisters tie a Rakhi on her brother’s wrist. This symbolizes the sisters love and prayers for her brothers well-bring and the brothers lifelong vow to protect her. The festival falls on the full moon day of the shravana month of the Hindu lunisolar Nepali calendar.

Traditions and Customs

Raksha Bandhan festival is the sister ties Rakhi on the wrist of her brother and both cementing their fraternal relationship. The sister ties a delicate sometimes decorated thread on the wrist of their brother’s as a symbol of love and affection. In returns, the brothers ritually pledge to protect and careful of his sister under all circumstances. It is one of the several festivals in which family ties are affirmed in India.

Rituals of Rakhi Festival

On the day starts with a Raksha Bandhan festival mood in every Indian home. Sister are made or bought a Rakhi day before in the festival. That day, an early bath, the offering worshipping of god tales places. Traditional goodies and dishes are prepared well of early in the morning.

After that, sisters tie the Rakhi on the right wrist of her brother and both to make prayer to god for all blessing of each other. The chanting of a holy mantra by the sister while trying the thread says,

“Suraj Shakhan Chhodian, Mooli chhodia beej

Behen ne Rakhi bandhi/ Bhai tu chir jug jee”.

Which means?

“The sun radiates it’s a sunlight, the radish spreads its seeds,

I tie the Rakhi to you O brother and wish that may you lifelong”.

Sister performs Aarti and put Tilak on the forehead of her brother blesses the sister.

After her prayer for a long time period for her brother, she says that she is tie the ever-protective Raksha to her brothers wrist and chanting the Raksha Bandhan love song

“Yena Baddho Bhalee Raajaa Daanavendro Mahaabalah,

Tena Twaam Anubadhnaami Rakshe Maa Chala Maa Chala”.

Which means?

“I tie the Rakhi that was tied to king Bali, the king of Demons,

O Rakhi I pray that you never falter in protecting your devotee”.

The brother gives his sisters gifts such as Raksha Bandhan cards, clothes, money or something thoughtful. The brothers may also feed his sister, with his hands, one or more bites of sweets, dry fruits and other delicacies. They hug and the larger families ritually congratulate the festive celebration of brother-sister love and protection.

After that, the traditional of giving gifts and presents is also important part of the festival. Brother pampers and blesses the sisters and promise to protect her from all the evils of this world. He also presents a token of his love and affection as a Rakhi gift. The rituals performed on Raksha Bandhan may differ from place to place but they carry the same aura throughout the globe.

The brothers wear the Rakhi for the entire day, at school or work, as a reminder of their sisters and to mark the festival of Raksha Bandhan.

Happy Rakshabandhan 2016

Rakhi or Raksha Bhandhan in History

As all Indian traditional festivals, the festival of Rakhi is related with many stories. Few interesting stories were discussed in this article which was not heard till now. Let’s have a look on it!!!!!

We will be very craze to know good epic story especially on festivals, will read them very excitingly isn’t it? So, why wait let us know about history and mythology of Raksha Bhandhan so that you can tell to your friends, kinds and relative why we celebrate Rakhi.

“Raksha Bandhan” is a Hindu traditional festival which was beginning about 6000 years back from the Indus Valley Civilization created by Aryans with various culture and language. Rakhi is celebrated in different methods from place to place all over the India.

Lets us know about historical facts of Raksha Bandhan celebration from the Indian history and it can be highlighted with Raksha Bandhan pics, so let’s begin……

Lord Krishna and Draupadi

The story of Lord Krishna and Draupadi – a wife of five pandavas was very popular in our Hindu Mythology

As to protect good people, Lord Krishna fighted and killed evil king called Shishupal during the war Krishna was hurt and was left with bleeding finger by seeing this, Draupathi has tear a piece of cloth from her sari and tied it to the Krishna around his wrist, by seeing this affection Lord Krishna decided himself enclosed by her sister love and he promised her to protect her when she is in sorrow.

Later after many years, when pandavas lost their game in dices and when situation come to remove Draupathi sari at that time lord Krishna helped her with divinely elongating the sari and protect her  in Dritarashtra’s court

King Bali and Goddess Lakshmi:

The Mahabali the king of demons was great devotee of Lord Vishnu; Lord Vishnu impressed with enormous devotion of Bali and takes the mission of protecting Bali’s kingdom by leaving his place from Vikuntam with this Goddess Lakshmi – the wife of Lord Vishnu, was very sad and went to the bali and confer as Brahmin woman and take decline in his kingdom.

On the Shravana purnima, Goddess Lakshmi tied Rakhi on the wrist of Bali and she will  revel who she is and why she came here with this the King bali was touched by her and with Lord Vishnu the affection and conserved shown on him and his family, he request Lord Vishnu to go with her to Vikuntam. From that day, it became ritual to invite sisters on sravan pournima and to tie sacred thread of Rakhi.

Alexander and king Puru

The story of Raki behind king Puru and Alexander is as follows

According to the oldest situation of the Rakhi festival when takes back to the 300 B.C at the when Alexander occupied India, the legends says that the King Alexander – great defeater of Macedonia was traumatized by the rage of the Indian King Puru on his first attempt, with this the Alexander’s wife who heard about the Rakhi festival went to the king Puru to tie a Rakhi.  The King Puru accepted her as his sister and he withdraw the war from the Alexander.

Rani Karnawati and Emperor Humayun

The story behind the Rani Karnawati and Emperor Humayun goes as follows

This story of Rani Karnawati and Emperor Humayun is most important and facts in the history. In the medieval period, when Rajputs were fighting with Muslim attack at the time Raki was a religious necessary and protection of sisters and it was primary.

When widowed queen Rani Karnawati the king of chittor apprehend that she could not protect the attack of the Sultan of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah at that time, she sent Rakhi to Emperor Humayun. Then the Emperor touched by the sign and he started off with his crowds without wasting time.

This all about History of Raksha Bandhan, so interesting right!!! Please share your suggestions with us below and stay tune in the next article we will discussed about how make Raki

Happy Rakshabandhan 2016

HOW BROTHER AND SISTER CELEBRATES RAKHI IN INDIA

Raksha Bandhan is the most popular festival which is celebrated by the relationship of brother and sister not necessary for blood relationship you can celebrate this festival with who you feel like your sister or your brother. The un removable bond already formed by the god but this relationship will be more strengthened at the day of Raksha bandhan in a way of rakhi thread this rakhi thread ties around the wrist of her brother and this represents the symbol of relationship, affection, love between brother and sister.

Rakhi is look like very simple and very tradition but it is fill up with full of emotions, feelings, sentiments, enjoyment, love not a single word to express rakhi festival, we don’t know what happened to inside but feel very happy in that day. The Raksha Bandhan is a real festival to create happiness to the brother and sister along with whole family.

This Raksha Bandhan celebrated on every year in the month of August, the day of Shravan Purnami in August allotted as Raksha Bandhan.

How to celebrate?

• At early morning on the wake up of Raksha Bandhan day everyone in the family should wares the new cloths after completing head bath.
• Sister will start the pray to god at morning and after completing puja sister give arti to her brother.
• Brother gives heart full greetings to his sister for happiness and also do promise to her for protection wise financially as well as healthy.
• Sister ties a rakhi thread to on her brother right hand wrist along with sweet will exchanged in between.
• And finally they exchange the rakhi gifts for bonding their relation with more strong. Actually the rakhi gift ideas for brother and rakhi gift ideas for sister in mind are different, but any type of rakhi gift should strengthen their relation.

 Rakhi gift ideas for brother:

The ideas when selecting rakhi gift to his sister need to create long time happiness to sister, if you are giving like dresses, wallet and watch etc they will give temporary happiness not creating long time happiness so you should give the gifts like financial protection and health protection. Think in a smarter way when selecting gift and try to make that day to most memorable to your sister.

Rakhi gift ideas for sister:

To select the rakhi gift to brother you need to follow the brother mentality and you should find that anything he try to buy from long time. If you give more surprise to your brother in a gift way then you will have more lovable one by your brother. Don’t repeat the previous gifts and surprise try to make new and think smarter way, of course  there is no need to tell the shopping tips to ladies they are special experts in shopping.

So like that the brother and sister celebrate rakhi festival in India along with family and make his or her relations more strong by celebrating this beautiful festival.