Festival of Raksha Bandhan falls on 7th August 2017. It is a very auspicious festival celebrated throughout Bharat. Raksha bandhan is celebrated by tying a scared thread on brother’s wrist by his sister. Generally sisters all over India tie Rakhi anytime of the day, but as per our ancient hindu belief, it should be tied only during auspicious Muhrat time. Every year there are at least two Muhrat during the day one in the morning and one in the evening. This year the auspicious Muhrat to tie Rakhi is from…
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How the ancient vedic ritual changed to Raksha Bandhan with Islamic invasion of India.
As per renowned spiritual leader Shri Indradev Ji Maharaj, Raksha Bandhan is actually a vedic festival, and was celebrated by calling a Brahmin or the Guru at home and tying a scared thread from him. Below are the excerpts from his santsang. With this ritual sanathan dharmi’s used to start a new spiritual or religious vrata. This generally marked a beginning to start something new, in those days they use to start reading some vedic books. Even today in rural India this vedic rituals are followed. This changed with intolerant…
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