Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan 
THE RITUAL BEGINS WITH SISTERS APPLYING TILAK ON THEIR BROTHERS’ FOREHEAD. THEY THEN TIE RAKHI ON THEIR BROTHERS’ WRIST AND EXCHANGE SWEETS. SISTERS WISH FOR THE WELL BEING OF THEIR BROTHERS AS THEY CARRY OUT THE RITUAL. BROTHERS GIVE GIFTS TO THEIR SISTERS AND PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN EVERY SITUATION. IT IS NOT ONLY A SPECIAL DAY FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BUT IS ALSO A GREAT OCCASION TO BOND WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS



THE ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY HAS ALSO HELPED IN BRINGING THE LOVED ONES TOGETHER ON THIS DAY. THE SIBLINGS LIVING IN DISTANT LANDS CAN CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER VIA VIDEO CALL. THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO VISIT EACH OTHER ON RAKHI CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL BY SEEING EACH OTHER VIRTUALLY ON PHONE OR LAPTOP THESE DAYS.

Janai Purnima

Janai Purnima

Janai Purnima is Sacred Thread Festival. On this day, Hindu men, especially the Brahmins and Chettris perform their annual change of Janai and all who celebrates this festival put a scared thread around their wrist.

Janai is a cotton string worn across the chest by Hindu male. This thread is only given to males during a long and  impressive religious ceremony called Bratabandhan. Almost all the religion has type of Bratabandhan, but known by different names. Bratabandhan is basically a formal process of accepting someone in the religion. 

A day before Janai purnima the persons wearing janai should make themselves 'clean' by shaving or cutting hair and take a good bath. They undergo a partial fasting, taking only one meal of foods considered to be 'clean' - no meat, no onions or garlic. Before big event Hindus prefer to clean their body by keeping fasting. Satvic food is prescribed for all Hindu ritual and festival.