Dharamsala, August 16: (click on the link for live radio)
Members of the regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RTWA) of Dharamsala on Saturday organized a symbolic celebration of ‘Raksha Bandhan’, a Hindu festival of tying ‘rakhi’ (a piece of holy thread) round the wrist of brothers, to cherish and tie “bond of brotherhood with India”. Raksha Bandhan (bond of protection), also called Rakhi Bandhan, is a Hindu festival of love, faith and protection and is being celebrated all over India today. On the occasion, the sisters tie up the sacred traditional thread of ‘rakhi’ round the wrist of their brothers to save them from all evils and to cherish the chaste bond of love between brothers and sisters. Members of Tibetan Women’s Association, armed with rakhis for their Indian brothers, participated in the symbolic religious festival of Raksha Bandhan at the courtyard of the Main Tibetan Temple (Tsuglag-Khang).
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