Raksha Bandhan is celebrated with a great gusto and glee all over India. Brothers and sisters of all age wait for this festival which falls every year in the month of August, on the day of full-moon night. The festival has a great social significance behind the ritual, which is followed akin to a religious ceremony by all Indian communities globally. Sisters who are married and do not live in their parents' houses now, visit to their brothers on Raksha Bandhan, or they send them Rakhi threads as a token of ritual. The popularity of this festival can well be measured by the fact that Indian postal department has to launch a separate service for the delivery of Rakhis to all over India during this period. Many sisters who are living abroad send Rakhi to India for brothers on this occasion. Even the immeasurable distance couldn't deter the spirit of celebration.
Today, Raksha Bandhan is celebrated not only as a ritual but also as an opportunity of family get together and group entertainment. Children enjoy the festival the most. They get new apparels, new toys, sweets and their favourite chocolates. Each of their demands is fulfilled by their elder sisters, if they have got one. Or their parents do it for them. Brothers and sisters gather together and spend the day with kith and kins. They exchange gifts, share sweets and delicious dishes and spend the time in fun and frolics. Originally the festival was meant to provide protection to the sisters by their brothers. Even today brothers feel obliged to this ritual and do commit themselves to this untold promise of supporting their sisters whenever she may need their support.
The festival is being celebrated for centuries in India. There are many famous mythological and historical stories scribed in respective literatures that vouch for the significance of the festival. Tying a Rakhi thread even to an unknown person binds him to the brotherly relations with the women and inspires due respect and care from him. This is a moral obligation which brother fulfils willingly and feels himself blessed to get this opportunity. There are many such incidences in Indian literature. And this is why they still send Rakhi to India for brothers, every year.
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