RAKSHA BANDHAN 2011|HISTORYOF RAKHI|IMPORTANCE| SIGNIFICANCE | BROTHER SISTERS FESTIVAL:FREE DOWNLOAD NEW RELEASE Raksha bandhan is one of the most popular festivals in India.The morning of August 13, 2011 will mark the advent of Raksha Bandhan festival this year. Raksha bandhan is festival of brother and sister unconditional love.Raksha Bandhan is an implicit pledge exchanged between a brother and sister signifying their fraternal relationship. Sister tie up the Rakhi that is a holly thread on her brother‘s wrist and wish for his long life. Brothers in return offer gifts to her sister and promise her always to be there to help her. To get download high quality Raksha Bandhan Wallpapers, Happy Raksha Bandhan images, Raksha Bandhan greeting cards, raksha bandhan festival, raksha bandhan cards, animated raksha bandhan, RAKSHA BANDAN SONGS ,bollywood songs ,hindi film songs,mp3 pop audio tracks,indian music,songs pk,mr jatt,tube2u,djmaza ,downloadming,atozmp3,funmaza,raaga, SONNGY.

Raksha Bandhan is celebrated every year on ‘Shravan Purnima’ (Full Moon Day of the Hindu month of Shravan), which generally falls in the month of August. On the auspicious day of Rakhi, sisters wake up in the morning, take bath, offer prayers to the Almighty and visit their brothers to perform the rituals of Rakhi. The ritual of Raksha Bandhan essentially includes tying of sacred thread by the sisters, on their brothers’ wrist. Before tying Rakhi, the sisters would perform an aarti, apply tilak on their brother’s forehead and then offer them sweetmeat / Mithai.

History of Rakhi Festival

Hindu scriptures and mythology is the source of all the Hindu rituals and festivals. In fact, one can find explanations for all the Hindu traditions and customs in the religious epics. Even the origin of Rakhi celebrations is rooted in the Hindu mythology. There is no confirmed date and time available about the history of Rakhi festival, but the stories are many. Started as the 'different tradition' of tying the thread to the husband, it has evolved to having the sisters tying the thread to their brother. The different stories related to this festival, which explain the history behind it, go as follows...

In the Vedic period, on a 'Shravan Poornima' day (Full Moon Day of the Hindu month of Shravan), the deities and demons were fighting a battle against each other. Unfortunately the demons were in a stronger position, as compared to the deities. The king of the deities, Lord Indra, was very much worried about the result of the battle. His wife Indrani (also known as Shashikala) could not see him worried and prayed to the almighty to help her husband. Indrani was a religious lady, so she prepared a talisman with her religious power and tied it around Indra's right wrist.

Indrani believed that her talisman will safeguard Indra from the attack of demons. Eventually, she proved right, as that day, the deities won the battle and Lord Indra escaped unhurt. As the talisman had the power of protecting the person who wore it, it came to be known as 'Raksha Sutra' and the ceremony of tying it was called 'Raksha Bandhan'. Since this particular act of tying the talisman took place on 'Shravan Poornima' day, it has become a tradition to celebrate 'Raksha Bandhan' on the 'Shravan Poornima' day every year. With time, the festival came to comprise of brother-sister duo, rather than husband-wife.

It is said that when Alexander invaded India in 326 B.C., his wife tied a Rakhi to the king Porus and in return, Porus promised to protect her and her husband. We also have various such examples of tying knots or threads, especially in the history of Rajputana. The most famous of them is the story of the Queen Karnavati of Chittor, who sent a Rakhi to the Mughal emperor Humayun, to save her kingdom from the invasion of Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. That particular day of Purnima was celebrated as Raksha Bandhan first in Marwar and then, all over Rajasthan. Finally, it came to celebrated all over India.

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