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Every year on the full-moon day or Poornima in the Hindu calendar month on Shravan we Indians celebrate the our divine festival of Raksha Bandhan. On this auspicious day a sister ties a sacred thread on the wrist of her beloved brother and also pray for his long life in order to celebrate the festival, the brothers in return give gifts or money to their sister. This depicts the unconditional faith they both have in each other. Raksha Bandhan means the bond of protection or care. Today, in this Blog I will discuss the popular stories which are said to be the origin of Raksha Bandhan. To be specific there are many stories but I will discuss the most popular among them.  Image is for representative purpose only Image Credit: livehindustan.com Lord Indra and the Demons Picture representing Lord Indra and a Demon Image Credit: mygodpictures.com One popular notion is that Lord Krishna himself narrated the story of Raksha Bandhan to Yudhishthira in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Once Yudhishthi

 In India, the Hindu devotees are all set to celebrate the divine festival of Mahadev(Lord Shiva), considered by many Granthas as the destroyer of the world. Sawan is celebrated in the fifth month according to the Hindu calender, it begins from the first day of the full moon and ends in the third week of August, the day of the next full moon day. In Tamil, this festival is known as Avani and it is the fifth month of the solar year. This festival is very important one for the Hindus in the entire sub-continent. During this festival devotees perform fast on each Monday of the festival to pray Lord Shiva and according to the Drik Panchang on Tuesday they fast for Goddess Parvati which is also known as "Mangal Gauri Vrat" It is believed that on the Poornima of full moon day the stars rule the skies hence the name Shravan Nakshatra is derived from this. Today in this Blog I will share a very interesting story behind the celebration of this festival and how it is celebrated acros

 Every year the City of Varanasi celebrates the divine festival of Rathyatra Mela (Rathyatra means Chariot Journey) this festival is associated to Lord Jagannath(who is Lord Krishna reincarnated in the form of Lord Vishnu) his elder brother Balabhadra and his younger sister Subhadra. There is very interesting story behind this festival being celebrated. Continue reading my Blog to find out the reason. Picture showing Lord Jagannath at the extreme right(with dark complexion, Sister Subhadra in the middle and Brother Balabhadra in the extreme left) The Story Let us all get back in our childhood where we all loved to play in the rainy season, splash water on our siblings, play with mud water and when our parents scold for getting sick "Tabiyet kharab hui to doctor ke paas nahi le jaungi"  we all started feeling sad and look out of the window thinking of again playing in the rain outside. This is the story similar to three divine kids namely Jagannath, Subhadra and Balabhadra who