Raksha Bhandan-The Bond of Protection: Send Rakhi To India

India is the land of many Traditions and Rituals. Raksha Bhandhan is also a part of rites of the Hindu tradition, marking the love and affection between brother and sister. Rakhi is celebrated with much fanfare in Indian communities across the globe. On this auspicious day of Raksha Bhandhan, a sister ties a rakhi on her brother's wrist and applies tilak on his forehead. After this she prays to god for his long and healthy life. Then the brother expresses his gratitude to her sister by making a promise to protect her from hardship of her life and gifting her something she cherishes.

Raksha Bandhan is celebrating about six thousands year back. In puranas and historical books sereval incident throw light on the origin and early customs related to Rakshsa Bandhan. Accroding to puran or historical books on “Shravan purnima” the “DEV” and “ASUR” were fighting battle against each other for dominate creation. Unfortunately the Asur was strong positions, as compared to Dev. King of god Indra was worried about result of battle. His wife Indrani could not see him worried and and prayed to the almighty to help her husband. Indrani (Shashikala) was religious lady,So she prepare a talisman with her divine power and tied talisman around indra's right wrist and she believed her talisman will safeguard Indra from the attack of the Asur. She proved it. Unfortunately Asur won the battle and indra escaped unheart. After this the talisman was called “Raksha Suthra” and the ceremony of tying was called of Raksha Bandhan

Monday, 6 June 2011

Send Rakhi To India

India is home to many traditions and rituals, Raksha Bandhan being one such occasion. It is an opportunity to bring together the entire family at one place to celebrate the many joys associated with it. In the age of globalization, an increasing number of Indians are opting to settle down abroad due to various reasons. In this scenario it is not feasible for sisters to tie rakhi directly in their brother's wrists.
However, it is not impossible to choose and send rakhis along with well wishes in the wake of a plethora of online gift stores available. They reduce the distance and increase the affection between the siblings within a short span of time. The sisters thus, choose various colorful, decorative and fancy rakhis which they can send to their brothers staying abroad. With a wide range of rakhis available in the Online Rakhi Gift Portals, they can get an assorted variety of Zardosi Rakhis, Pearl Rakhis, Mauli Rakhis, Diamond Rakhis,Bhaiya Bhabhi Rakhi, Rakhi Sets Silver Rakhis etc.

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