Celebrating a beautiful relationship: Raksha Bandhan in pics

A woman looks at 'rakhis' at a roadside shop ahead of Raksha Bandhan at Karol Bagh in New Delhi. (HT Photo/ Virendra Singh Gosain)

Updated on: Aug 29, 2015 1:36 PM IST

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A woman looks at 'rakhis' at a roadside shop ahead of Raksha Bandhan at Karol Bagh in New Delhi. (HT Photo/ Virendra Singh Gosain)

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This festival celebrates the beautiful between brothers and sisters in which the sister ties a 'sacred thread' or Rakhi around the brother's wrist.(HT Photo/ Burhaan Kinu)

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A woman gets her hands decorated with Henna in Sadar Bazar on the eve of Raksha Bandhan. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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The latest and the coolest trend is of rakhis with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

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With the generations becoming trendy, rakhis are now available in various designs. Here's a shopkeeper shows rakhis designed as pistol and mobile phones as the latest trends (HT Photo/ Himanshu Vyas)

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Young girls tie rakhis on wrists of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officers and jawans on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan in Jalandhar. (PTI Photo)

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Indian scavenger women, earlier considered untouchables, tie Rakhi on the wrist of a Hindu holy man during an event organized by a non-governmental organisation Sulabh International.(AP Photo/ Altaf Qadri)

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Malwa Veterans, a group of ex-servicemen, gathered at Madhumilan square in Indore to observe 50th anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in 1965 ward. They also observed Rakshabandhan where students ties rakhi on their wrist. (HT Photo/ Shankar Mourya)