Raksha Bandhan 2016

About

Held on Shravana Purnima.

Significance

Celebrates the bond of protection between brothers and sisters.

How it is celebrated

• Sisters tie a rakhi on their brothers' wrists
• Brothers give gifts and promise protection
• Rakhi is avoided during the Bhadra period

Panchang on this day (New Delhi)

Raksha Bandhan in other years