Happy Raksha Bandan

Relationships are the soul of celebrations and it holds true for any Indian festival.
Raksha Bandhan is a celebration of one such relation -- the relationship between brothers and sisters.

On this day, siblings pray for each others' well-being, happiness and goodwill.
It is marked by the tying of a rakhi
on the brother's wrist by the sister and the brother in return offers a gift to his sister.

The name 'Raksha Bandhan' suggests 'a bond of protection'. On this auspicious day, brothers make a promise to their sisters to protect them from all harm and trouble and the sisters, in turn, pray that their brothers are protected from all evil. It is not necessary that the rakhi be given only to a brother by birth; any male can be "adopted" as a brother by tying a rakhi on the person.