Rakhi Enduku Jarupukumtaru Antey

August 20, 2013

[color=#898F9C]Raksha bandhanam is the one that ladies ties around the wrist of their brothers so that they have to live happily. Normally during the sravana month we are having many festivals for ladies especially, sampad gowri vrata to be performed by newly married ladies for first 5 or seven years, sravana sukra vara puja, varalakshmi vratam for their husbands, nagula chaviti for the welfare of children, garuda panchami and raksha bandhanam for the welfare of their brothers, maha sankata hara chaturthi for the welfare of family.[/color]

[color=#898F9C]Rakshana bandhanam is to be performed on the evening of saarava pournami day (the day on which pournami ghadiyas are during the evening) every year by the ladies seeking welfare of their brotherhood. To tie the thread we have to use only thread soaked in turmeric and not the colour threads as well as the designs as of doing now by present day generations.[/color]

[color=#898F9C]This is available in vamana purana.[/color]

[color=#898F9C]After conquering the entire property from Maha bali, lord vaman stayed along with bali in patala loka to safeguard his properties acquired. Mahalakshmi patiently waiting for mahavishnu to return but he has not done so. She was worried and there is no other way except to approach maha bali to request to spare her husband. So she approached mahabali in patala loka as a normal woman without showing her identity and tied a thread soaked in turmeric by reciting the following sloka:[/color]

[color=#898F9C]YENA BADHO BALI RAAJA DANAVENDRO MAHA BALAHATENA ![/color]
[color=#898F9C]TWAAMAPI BADHNAAMI RAKSHE MAA CHALA MAA CHALA !![/color]

[color=#898F9C]Maha bali very much pleased and wanted to present the lady then she came into her own existance and asked to mahabali to spare vamanamurthy who is safeguarding his properties. Accordingly mahabali prayed to vamana murthy and requested to accompany with mahalakshmi and presented with many gifts to her.From that day onwards it is become a customary to tie the sacred thread soaked in turmeric into their brothers right hand on sravana pournami day between 04.00 and 07.00pm in sukra budha and chandra hora time duly praying the almighty to safeguard their brothern with good health and progeny. The male counterparts in return has to give some presents to their sisters to please them.[/color]