The article discusses about Rakhi, the festival of sacred love.
India is a land of rich culture and festival. Amongst all,
Rakhi
is a festival which has a long standing Indian heritage. More commonly
known as Rakhi, this Indian festival signifies the sacred bond of love
between a brother and sister. Rakhi has a rich Indian mythological base.
Many historically significant epics are related to the origin and the
subsequent development of Raksha Bandhan. The festival also finds a
mention in most of the epics and its origin can be traced to as far back
as the Pouranik times. Rakhi is celebrated to immortalize the sacred
love bonding between brothers and sisters. Although Rakhi is celebrated
all over India, the rituals may vary in different states. Are you
wondering when
is Rakhi celebrated? Every year Rakhi is
celebrated in the Hindu month of Sravana.
One of the most popular tales that come to our minds when we
think of Rakhi
is that of Rani Karnawati and Emperor Humayun. This dates back to the
medieval era when Rajputs were fighting Muslim invasions. When Rani
Karnawati, the widowed queen of the king of Chittor realised that she
could not defend the invasion by the Sultan of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah,
she sent a Rakhi to Emperor Humayun. The Emperor, touched by this
gesture of sisterly love immediately set off with his troops to defend
Chittor's honour. Legend goes that during the war that Krishna fought
and won against the evil King sari. Wherein he killed sari, Krishna was
hurt and and his hand was bleeding. Seeing this, Draupadi tore a strip
of cloth from her sari and tied it around his wrist. Lord Krishna,
seeing her affections and realising her concerns about him, declared
himself bounded by her sisterly love. He also promised that he will be
at her side whenever she needed a brother. Many years later, when
Pandavas lost Draupadi in a game of dice and Kauravas were removing her
sari, Krishna helped her. He did so by continuously adding to the length
of her sari and thereby saved her from a public disgrace.
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