An Indian festival celebrated grandly with great joy. It is a very famous custom where in sisters tie ‘Raksha Sutra’ [thread of protection] on the hand of her brother but the original tradition is somewhat different.

                      Raksha Bandhan = A knot that symbolises the protection of mind, body and soul.

              Not only sisters tie this knot, but any one who can protect us from these three things can tie this thread.
              In Mahabharata, Grandma Kuntaji tied the knot of protection to her grandson Abhimanyu.
              When Bhagwan Vaaman stood at the door of king Bali to serve him, Laxmiji tied this ‘Raksha Sutra’ to Bali and made him her brother and requested Bali to free Lord.
              Although Mayaram Bhatt was a Brahmin, but even then he used to take blessings from Ramanand swami on this day by accepting Rakshabandhan.
              In this materialistic world and in spiritual world, one can express their love by tying this Raksha Sutra or can request elder saints for protection on this day.
              It basically signifies the message, “Please protect me from my senses, conscience and inner enemies and bless us that my soul always remains engage in the Almighty”. To get this boon, devotees get raksha tied from elder saints.