A special bond: India celebrates Raksha bandhan

On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, a girl ties Rakhi on a BSF jawan’s wrist near International Border in Jammu. (PTI)

Updated on: Sep 02, 2016 11:00 AM IST

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On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, a girl ties Rakhi on a BSF jawan’s wrist near International Border in Jammu. (PTI)

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A school girl ties Rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Rakha Bandhan. (PTI)

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In his message to the country on the eve of Raksha Bandhan, President Pranab Mukherjee said the festival of Rakhi stands for the eternal bond of love and trust that brothers and sisters share. (Gurpreet singh/ht photo)

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Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union food processing minister performing giddha with BSF officers and school girls on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival at Attari-Wagha Border in Amritsar. (Gurpreet singh/ht photo)

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Muslim women selecting Rakhi at a market on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival in Nagpur on Wednesday. (PTI)

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Hundreds of widows hold rakhis during Raksha Bandhan celebrations at Gopinath Temple in Vrindavan. (PTI)

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On the occasion of Rakshabandhan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar tied a rakhi to a tree at Eco Park in Patna to create environmental awareness.. (PTI)

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Women constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) tie rakhi to their male colleagues during the celebrations of Raksha Bandhan festival at the India-Bangladesh Border near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal. (PTI)

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A special bond: Girls buying rakhis ahead of Raksha Bandhan festival at a shop in Qila Mubarak Chowk in Patiala on Wednesday. (bharat bhushan/ht photo)

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Sand sculpture created on the eve of Rakhi Purnima at Puri beach on Wednesday. (PTI)

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Giddha girls tying Rakhis on the wrists of Border Security Force ( BSF) Jawans on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival at Attari-Wagha Border in Amritsar. (Gurpreet singh/ht photo)