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SOCIAL VALUE OF IT:
Rakhi Utsav popularized in Bengal by the Nobel laureate Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. He introduced the yellow coloured string for rakhi as this colour is the most auspicious colour of Hindus. But very often they are blazoned with

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a variety of gaudy colours and ornamented with tassels, to suit individual tastes. Rabindranath introduced this ceremony for infusing a sense of brotherhood and tried to build up a harmony in his state. So he had an intention of a harmonious social life where everybody has to promise to protect each other.
EMOTIONS ATTACH WITH IT:
The sharing of brother and sister can be so complete that no other relationship can compare with it. To symbolize this profound relationship, the sisters tie a rakhi on the right-hand wrist of their brothers on this day and they acknowledge this relationship by accepting it with grace and love. With this rakhi, the sisters bestow deep affection and blessings on the brothers so as to guard them against all harms, and prays to the Almighty to give the best to them. In return the brothers give them some gifts. This is symbol of sister asking for her brother's protection and latter promising it. So this ceremony is to symbolize the pledge of his relation to her. Now Raksha Bandhan is observed all over the state both by Hindus and Sikhs.

RAKHI THAALI:
Sisters make the special thaali for this day, which is consists of rakhi grain, kumkum powder for 'tilak', diya (earthen lamp), agarbattis, roli, aipun, flowers and rices. Paans and coconut will also in it as these are considered very sacred items for the

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