The Hindu festival 'Raksha Bandhan' is celebrated with historical event of the knot of protection, the tradition was
came into origin about 6 thousand years back when Aryans created first
civilization. With many languages and
cultures, the traditional method to Rakhi festival celebration differs from
place to place across the country. Following are one most popular historical evidences of
Raksha Bandhan celebration from the Indian history.
Lord Krishna and Draupathi
In order to protect the good people, Lord Krishna killed the evil King
Shishupal. Krishna was hurt during the war and left with bleeding finger.
Seeing this, Draupathi had torn a strip of cloth from her sari and tied
around his wrist to stop the bleeding. Lord Krishna, realizing her
affections and concern about him, declared himself bounded by her sisterly
love. He promised her to repay this debt whenever she need in future. Many
years later, when the pandavas lost Draupathi in the game of dice and
Kauravas were removing her saari, Krishna helped her divinely elongating the
saari so that they could not remove it.
Also there were other lots of evidences for Rakhi festival like Rani Karnavati and King Humayu, King Bali and Goddess Laxmi and many more
But in reality it is the festival of love between Brother and Sister. Sister goes to Brother's home and knot the tread of love on right hand. With blessing of the Brother will protect his sister in any difficult situation. Also brother give small token of love in form of gift. There are many gifting ideas now aday. you can click below banner to send gift to your sister as surprise
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