Raksha Bandhan Raksha Bandhan , also Rakshabandhan , [2] or Rakhi , is a popular, traditionally Hindu, annual rite, or ceremony, which is central to a festival of the same name, celebrated in parts of South Asia , and among people influenced by South Asian culture around the world. On this day, sisters of all ages tie a talisman, or amulet, called the rakhi , around the wrists of their brothers, symbolically protecting them, receiving a gift in return, and traditionally investing the brothers with a share of the responsibility of their potential care. [1] Raksha Bandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shraavana , which typically falls in August. The expression "Raksha Bandhan," Sanskrit , literally, "the bond of protection, obligation, or care," is now principally applied to this ritual. Until the mid-20th-century, the expression was more commonly applied to a similar ritual, also held on the same...