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Raksha Bandhan to be celebrated today
Hindus countrywide will today be celebrating Raksha Bandhan which is a festival dedicated to the beautiful relationship which exists between a sister and brother.
President of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, Dr. Vindhya Vasini Persaud, has called on brothers and sisters to strengthen and deepen their relationship; to live in love, harmony and peace, to be supportive of each other and to contribute to stable family foundations. 
She notes how distressing it is to see and read of brothers and sisters living in total discord over trivial matters and how beautiful it is to observe the unifying effect the Raakhi has in building a strong and loving sister/brother relationship which augurs well for a family and society as a whole.
Raksha Bandhan falls during July – August on the full moon day of Shrawan. The festival is dedicated to the relationship which exists between a sister and brother. Implicit in the Raakhi; the delicate silken cord, is the abiding and chaste bond of love between brother and sister.
Raakhi is a RAKSHA SUTRA –a protective thread give as protection against harm. The Raakhi is tied on the wrist of the brother by the sister after application of chandan on the forehead and the waving of the lighted thali over the brother’s head. The brother is then fed with sweetmeat supposedly made by the sister’s own hands. With the tying of the Raakhi, the sister seeks the personal protection of her brother at all times in any adverse situation.
While the Rakhi is tied on the wrist of biological brothers, from its very inception it has been extended to any person a girl or woman feels she reveres and respects as a brother and so the silken thread transcends one’s kith and kin. It is given sparingly to only those whom that real and true brotherly affection can be given.
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