Festivals bring happiness to our lives and give us the opportunity to spend time with our family and live a life full of enthusiasm and India is considered a land of festivals, here in different states in different regions, there is a lot of opinions. All festivals have been celebrated and will continue to be celebrated.
One of the main reasons for celebrating festivals in India when in the world is that when people make festivals together, they have a sense of participation, a sense of sympathy, and a sense of strengthening society, apart from this, some national festivals are also celebrated in each country. are made which are celebrated together with people of all religion castes.
India is a country which is called the country of festivals and there are different festivals of each religion and caste, similarly, Rakshabandhan, a major festival of Hindus, is celebrated on the full moon of the month of Sawan.
What is Raksha Bandhan?
Although many festivals are celebrated in India Rakshabandhan is one such festival that is considered to be the most sacred festival of brother and sister and on this festival, all sisters and brothers with each other long life and good and happy life. Hence Rakshabandhan is a very important festival for brothers and sisters.
Rakshabandhan is celebrated on the full moon of the Shukla Paksha of the month of Sawan and this sword is celebrated every year on this day and falls only in the month of August 1, on this time sisters tie rakhi to their brothers for their happy future and long life. Wishes of age and that’s why this festival is very special.
What is the history of Raksha Bandhan?
The history of Rakshabandhan is very old in India and it is also found in Hindu mythology. According to Hindu ancient legends, Mahabharata, Draupadi, the wife of Pandavas, tore a strand from her veil over the blood flowing on the wrist of Lord Shri Krishna was tied. Lord Shri Krishna had promised Draupadi that he would always protect her in life.
Apart from this, if we take a look at the history of the Indus Valley Civilization in India, then we will also get to read that even when our society had a civilization, this festival was celebrated there with great enthusiasm.
Apart from this, if we read the pages of history, then we need evidence that Rakshabandhan is the type of Rakshabandhan that was started by Queen Karnavati, that emperor Humayun when the war was going on between Rajput and Muslims in the medieval era, then Queen Karnavati of Chittor Had sent Rakhi to Humayun from Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and to protect his subjects, Humayun had promised her that he would consider her as his sister and would also protect her.
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Apart from this, there is also an example that when the war was going on between Alexander and Puru, it is said that Alexander, who was always victorious, was very disturbed by the greatness of the Indian king Puru, so Alexander’s wife became very upset and she went to India. Having heard a lot about the ongoing Rakshabandhan festival, she sent a rakhi to the Indian king Puru to save her husband, and by then the war between the two had ended because the Indian king Puru accepted Alexander’s wife as his sister.
Apart from this, there is also a legend of Mahabharata in which it is believed that Lord Krishna killed King Shishupala, and during the war, when Krishna was bleeding from the finger after Lord Krishna, seeing this, two husbands were very upset. She had torn the strand and tied it in the finger of Shri Krishna, due to which his bleeding stopped, since then Shri Krishna accepted Draupadi as his sister and when the Pandavas had defeated Draupadi in gambling, Draupadi was ripped off in the meeting. It was felt that at that time Shri Krishna had saved the shame of Draupadi by paying her brother’s right.
Why is the important for Shubh Muhurta at the right time to celebrate Rakshabandhan?
India is a country where the planets and constellations are taken care of before doing any auspicious work so that in the future there is no harm or loss towards that work. First, all the constellations or planets are examined thoroughly.
Because Rakshabandhan is the festival of brothers and sisters, sisters pray for their brother’s long life, they wish for their health, so it is very important that it is celebrated in an auspicious time so that whatever has been wished for them will be fruitful.
Rakshabandhan is celebrated every year on the full moon of Shukla Paksha of Sawan month, but the time of celebrating it is different. There are 4 types of Muhurta considered to celebrate this festival, in which profit Amrit Choghadiya Muhurta etc. is important.
Like every year, this year also Rakshabandhan is being celebrated on the full moon of Shukla Paksha of Sawan month and the birthday is going to come on 22nd August 2024. You should celebrate it at the right time and the most auspicious time of this year to celebrate this festival is from 6:00 am to 12:30 pm, apart from this, if for some reason you are unable to make Rakhi to your brothers in the morning. If so, you can also tie it in Choghadiya Muhurta from 4:50 to 6:20 in the evening, in which all the sisters can tie a protective thread on their brother’s wrists.
To celebrate Rakshabandhan, some things should also be taken care of.
The festival of Rakshabandhan is celebrated on the full moon day of Shukla Paksha of Shravan month, for these small things should be kept in mind.
If the full moon is filled during the apharan period, then Rakshabandhan should not be made, in such a situation that more full moon should be in the first 3 mahurtas of the next day, only then we should celebrate this festival with complete law on the next day during the apharan period.
If it is not in the first three Muhurtas of the next day, then Rakshabandhan can be celebrated on the first day after Bhadra in the latter half of the Pradosh period.
In some regions like Punjab, the abduction period is not considered to be very important, so there the festival of Rakhi is usually celebrated only in the medieval period, but according to the scriptures, Raksha Bandhan cannot be made only when Bhadra Muhurta is there, no matter what and why to be in position.
This festival can be celebrated in Sutak in eclipse or on solstice without any auspicious time.
What is the worship method of Rakshabandhan Purnima?
On the day of Rakshabandhan, sisters tie a thread of protection on the hands of their brothers, this is considered to be a Raksha Sutra and along with this, they also wish for the prosperity of their brother’s long life, good health, Raksha Sutra or even a mantra while distributing Rakhi. It is read but I can tie rakhi on my brother’s wrist.
More special stories related to Rakshabandhan
It is said that the story behind the mantra is recited by following the defense formula, it is said that once Dharmaraja Yudhishthira wished to hear such a story from Lord Shri Krishna, which relieves him from all kinds of sorrows. Tell the story He told that in ancient times there was a war between the gods for 12 consecutive years and it seemed as if the demons would be victorious in this war, then the king of them declared himself the lord of the three worlds to capture the three people. Devraj Indra, on being persecuted, reached the refuge of Lord Brihaspati and prayed to him for his protection, then Lord Brihaspati gave him some mantras and asked Indra and his wife to repeat this mantra with them when Indra’s Wife Indrani infused power with all the brahmins in the Raksha Sutra and tied it on Indra’s right hand, then Indra got power and he defeated all the Asuras and took possession of Dev Lok from the back.
There are other ways to celebrate Rakshabandhan like;-
There are many ways to celebrate Rakshabandhan and many are still prevalent in the villages such as women wake up in the morning after taking a bath and get ready for worship and hang the gold object on the walls of the house. That object is worshiped with Sevai Kheer, Ghevar, and sweets, on worship, a thread is tied which is called Rakhi and women who plant wheat plants on Nag Panchami, whoever worships that gold with this plant and their brothers After tying a rakhi on her wrist, she puts a wheat plant on her brother’s ear.
Some people also keep a fast for 1 day before to celebrate the festival of Rakshabandhan and then on the day of Rakshabandhan tie rakhi on the wrist of their brother according to the classical rituals and apart from doing Pitra Tarpan and Rishi Puja, after doing Rishi Tarpan, now fast. or break the fast.
People of some places also worship Sawan on this day and they also celebrate this festival in the memory of their maternal ancestor Shravan Kumar who was accidentally killed at the hands of King Dasharatha.
On this day, brothers also provide gifts in different ways to their sisters, it is not that if you do not have a real sister, you will not celebrate Rakhi, but you can also tie Rakhi to your sister, apart from the cousin whom you call your sister. You can celebrate this festival with them as well.
Apart from this, there is also a small story that Goddess Lakshmi had also sent Rakhi to Emperor Bali so that she could protect him.
Is it necessary to have a real sister to celebrate the festival of Rakhi?
There are many such relationships in our life that are not of blood, yet they are very dear to us, similarly, there is a festival of Rakshabandhan, you do not need any blood relation or real sister to make Rakshabandhan. If you have then it is very good and if you do not have then you can make Rakhi from any girl whom you consider as your sister. Rakhi festival is a very holy festival and every brother wishes his sister. It also fulfills the promise of being always ready to protect, so we should maintain this relationship with complete purity and sincerity, do not do any such work that hurts the sentiments of this festival in any way.
Is the festival of Rakshabandhan celebrated in other countries of the world besides India?
Although India is famous for festivals Indian festivals are also celebrated with different names in the world such as Nepal.
Nepal is a neighboring state of India and here too almost all people live according to Indian tradition and just like India. It has also been seen there that the festival of Rakhi is celebrated with full enthusiasm and all the sisters together tie Rakhi to their brothers, after which a huge banquet is organized in which many people are called.
Pakistan
You will be surprised to hear the name of Pakistan yes Pakistan, but even though Pakistan was separated from India after partition, the Hindus living there still celebrate Rakshabandhan in the Indian way and after getting Rakhi made by their sister, Different gifts are also given to sisters.
European countries
In European countries also, the festival of Rakshabandhan is celebrated, especially in the areas of South East Asia, here all the people gather at a common place where girls and boys make a bracelet-like band, apart from this, those boys are also involved in it. There are no brothers, yet without any discrimination, band bracelets are tied to all the boys there.
Australia
The population of Indians living in Australia is also very high and people there also celebrate the festival of Rakshabandhan and the sisters living there have tied rakhi to their brothers.
The special thing about us Indians is that we go to any corner of the world, there we go there with our traditions, our culture, our customs, even though we do not have these facilities like those found in India, which is on festivals. Despite it being available, that passion is found in us that by staying anywhere, we find some excuse or the other to celebrate our festivals and also achieve things related to it.
In the end, I would like to say that whatever the festival is, it brings happiness in our lives and for some time we forget our troubles, forgetting our troubles and together with all the people for some time with enthusiasm from within. We go home and we realize that festivals are very important in our life, we all are tired of living the same life and Rakshabandhan is one such festival which proves that brother-sister relationship can be very sweet in the world. If it is done with heart and mind.
This year Rakshabandhan is being celebrated on 22nd August 2024 i.e. on Sunday, now all of you are requested to celebrate this festival very well by tying Rakhi on the wrists of your brothers and try to celebrate this festival only in auspicious time.
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