Essay on Raksha Bandhan For Children & Students

Essay on Raksha Bandhan- Raksha Bandhan is also called Rakhi Festival or Rakhi Purnima. ‘Raksha’ means protection and ‘Bandhan’ means bound. It is an ancient Indian festival. It is one of the important festivals in the Hindu religion. This festival is celebrated all over India on the full moon day of Shravan month according to the Hindu calendar. The festival is most common among the Hindus. However, it is also celebrated by the Sikhs, Jains, and other communities.

Raksha Bandhan is a festival of brother and sister. On this day sisters tie a special band called Rakhi on their brother’s wrist. The brother promises to always protect his sister. A rakhi is made up of cotton thread, silk thread or it can be made up of silver or gold also. In Indian tradition, the fragile thread of rakhi is considered even stronger than an iron chain as it strongly binds brothers and sisters in the circumference of mutual love and trust.

Sister prepares the Pooja thali with diyas, kumkum, rice, sweets, and rakhi. They worship the god, tie rakhi on the wrists of their brothers, and wish they are well being. Brothers gave gifts to their sisters and take a lifelong vow to protect their sisters. Raksha Bandhan celebrates the bond of love and affection between a sister and a brother. On this day there is a variety of gifts present in the market and many sweets are also present in the shops.

This rakhi is a symbol of the sister’s love that stays with a brother forever. On this day tasty dishes, wonderful sweets, etc, are cooked at home. Family members exchange gifts with well-wishers and relatives. whenever the brother is at this festival, but he goes to his sister on this day. Rakhi is tied and sister comes to her brother whenever he goes to tie Rakhi.

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