Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu
Festival that shows the love of brother and sister. The festival is observed by
Hindus, Jains, and many Sikhs. It is also called Rakhi Purnima.
This day sister’s prays to God
for their brother’s well-being, prosparity and happiness and brother’s vow to protect
her against all odds in life. The festival falls on the Full Moon day of the Shravan
month, according to Hindu calendar.
On the day of Rakhi sisters tie a
thread around her brother’s wrist. It is also the day of sweets and different
type of foods that makes by the sisters to her brothers. Raksha Bandhan is the
Festival that mostly celebrated in whole country with love.
Bollywood also plays an important
role in this festival by dedicating songs for brother and sister love. One of
very old and most memorable song of Raksha Bandhan is Bhaiyaa Mere Rakhi Ke
Bandhan from Chotti Behan. It is Sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by
Shailendra.
Other most known songs are Phoolon
Ka Taaron Ka from Hare Rama Hare Krishna(sung by Lata Mangeshkar), Meri Pyari
Behaniya from Sachaa Jhutha (Sung by Kishore Kumar), Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin from
Agneepath (sung by Sonu Nigam and he grabed major singing award for this song).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
greeted the Nation on Raksha Bandhan and he tweeted "On the auspicious
occasion of Raksha Bandhan, I extend my warm wishes to the people of the
country”.
The festival shows how beautiful the
brother and sister relationship and their love-bonding.
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