Indian Festival Rakhi

According to Hindu Mytheology RakshaBandhan is the festival of Brother & Sister where brother promises to his sister to protect her from every odd of life. On this occasion every sister wishes good health & wealth for her brother.

In ancient time here is one of the great example of pourness of this festival. The princess of a small Rajput principality. It speaks of the spell the Raakhi had cast even on those of alien faiths. The princess sent a Raakhi to the Moghal Emperor Humayun to save her honour from the onslaught of the Gujarat Sultan. The emperor who was engaged in an expedition against Bengal, turned back and hastened to the rescue of his Raakhi