A holiday with the same name is held in South Asia, and its centerpiece is Raksha Bandhan, a well-known and historically Hindu yearly rite or event. Other countries of the world that have been greatly affected by Hindu culture also celebrate it. On this day, sisters of all ages wrap their brothers’ wrists with the rakhi, a charm or amulet. They give them a present in exchange, serve as a sign of protection for the brothers, and usually shoulder some of the burden of any future care.
On the final day of the Hindu lunar month of Shraavana, which usually occurs in August, Raksha Bandhan is observed. The term “Raksha Bandhan”—which means “the link of protection, obligation, or care” in Sanskrit—is currently most commonly used to describe this rite. Up until the middle of the 20th century, the phrase was more frequently used to refer to a related rite that was performed on the same day and had precedent in early Hindu writings. In that ritual, a domestic priest gives his clients amulets, charms, or threads to wear around their wrists or replaces their holy thread in exchange for financial offerings.In certain locations, this is still the case. The sister-brother festival, on the other hand, had titles that changed depending on where it was celebrated. Saluno, Silono, and Rakri were the translations for some. The sisters would adorn their brothers’ ears with barley shoots as part of a saluno rite.
Raksha Bandhan is based in the custom of territorial or village exogamy, which has special importance for married women. As it is customary, the bride’s parents do not visit her in her married house when she marries outside of her hometown or village. Many married Hindu women make yearly trips back to their parents’ homes for the rite in rural north India, where local exogamy is quite common. Their brothers, who normally reside with their parents or close by, occasionally travel to the marital residence of their sisters to escort them back. Many newlyweds arrive in their birthplaces a few weeks before to the ceremony and stay until it is over. Between their sisters’ marital and parental homes for the rest of their lives, the brothers act as lifetime middlemen and prospective security guardians.
The celebration has grown more symbolic but is still quite popular in urban India, where families are becoming more nuclear. The rituals connected to this event have evolved and extended beyond of their original geographic areas as a result of migration and technology. The media, social contact, political Hinduism, the nation state, and social interaction are further variables that have contributed. The custom of voluntary kinship, which occasionally crosses caste, social, and religious boundaries, was born as a result of the act of tying the rakhi amulets among ladies and males who are not biological related. Such a celebration has featured participation from authoritative persons.