raksha bandhan

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is now making arrangements for the celebration of Gamha Purnima or Raksha Bandhan festival at the 12th century shrine. As per the tradition, Devi Subhadra ties rakhi on Lord…

New Delhi: People in Surana village of Ghaziabad's Muradnagar do not celebrate Raksha Bandhan since the 12th century as on the day of the festival Muhammad Ghori had attacked the village and killed everyone who was present there. Even…

Few days in hands and there’s so much to plan. Your mind is swarmed with apprehensions because you have exhausted pretty much all your creative insights in all these years. But, this year too, you have to come up with something special…

Bahanaga (Balasore): At a time when the country has been celebrating ‘Raksha Bandhan’, a pall of gloom descended on the villagers of Barunsingh Mandagaon village under Khantapada police limits in Balasore district today. Death of a minor…

Bhubaneswar: The ritual of siblings getting together and celebrating Raksha Bandhan witnessed a digital revolution in Odisha this time with many brothers and sisters adopting virtual platforms in view of the safeguards necessitated by…

Mumbai:  Actress and former beauty queen Manushi Chhillar shared that, for her, the festival of Raksha Bandhan has always stood for gender parity and equality. According to Manushi, her parents Mitra Basu and Neelam taught the three…