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A girl ties a rakhi to her prisoner brother at the Patiala Central Jail on Raksha Bandhan. (PTI Photo)
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Schoolgirls tie rakhis onto the wrists of Indian police personnel inside a police station on Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad. (Reuters Photo)
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Around a thousand widows living in Vrindavan celebrate rakhi for the first time, defying age old traditions of Indian society. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT Photo)
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee ties rakhi on the wrist of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan to celebrate Raksha Bandhan during a Kolkata Police programme in Kolkata. (PTI Photo)
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Pakistani women look at rakhis at a roadside shop ahead of Raksha Bandhan in Karachi. (AFP Photo)
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RSS members tie rakhis on each others' wrists on Raksha Bandhan at Gokul Garden in Hubli. (PTI Photo)
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Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi tries rakhi on a tree at an eco park on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan in Patna. (PTI Photo)
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