Raksha Bandhan

Its a festival primarily observed in India, which celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters. The central ceremony involves the tying of a rakhi (sacred thread) by a sister on her brother's wrist.
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[andy c]

And the handing over of money by the brother to the sister I'm told lol

Nice shot here

[judith deacon]

Nice shot. One of the things I love about 365 is learning about other peoples cultures and countries - thank you.

[Angie Vega ☮♥ シ]

Love learning new things. Beautiful and thanks for sharing.

[Rick Schies]

Sounds like agreat tradition

[Pam Hawkes]

Nice shot and interesting information on the tradition.

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

really nice shot and explanation

[Brandie]

Beautiful!

[mimo]

Great info and shot!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Zoe Ferrie]

Lovely shot, information and tradition!

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

It sounds like a very nice tradition. So I imagine this is what your sister gave you, right? It's really pretty.

[Paula]

What a wonderful tradition! I wish we had something similar here!

[Andy McAvoy]

Facinating to hear these things and lovely pic. Thanks.