Sep 1, 2010 - written update - complete - Page 3

so i promised to be back with my views abt Rakhi and standing or sitting for it...
I dont think that sitting or standing makes any difference in tying Rakhi......what makes is Bro should be in East and Sis in West....so that when she will do Tika on Bro's forehead it will resemble Bro's Life and Glory will be just like Rising Sun..................

in our home me and my bro both sit me in west and he in East..i do tika and then tie Rakhi.........

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on Rakhi! We have always done it standing so it looked awkward to watch the sitting tradition!

But as long as the sentiment is shared and the Rakhi gets on the brother's wrist then all is good!

yeah shelly...thats the main thing...india has such a vast collection of traditions and customs....each and every community has something different from others...that each and every thing is just like improving our GK abt our own traditions....

wow jus got to read really useful info regarding rakhi. thanks.

a quick question, should all sisters need to do their brother's aarti too on rakhi? there are some ppl who dont do aarti while it is always shown on telly/films tht aarti is done too. cud someone pls tell.
thnks in advance

thanks for update koki will put rashi in her respective place .

Rimi, In my family we have never done aarti. But then we don't always follow convention. I think if the feelings are sincere then the details are not as important. These days my family is so scattered around the world that if I see one of my brothers on RB then it is a treat. I only have boys and my sister only has girls...we see each other in the summer but not necessarily on RB. We always do rakhi together where the girls tie them on my boys, with tikka, sweets and gifts. For us the festival is about celebrating the love and closeness between brothers and sisters...we don't pay attention to the details...that it has to be done between 9 and 9:30 am or gold rakhi. All of that doesn't matter.

But that is my family and our traditions.

I love to hear different customs and traditions from a learning perspective!

Thanks for the update 😊

Originally posted by: lovtv

Rimi, In my family we have never done aarti. But then we don't always follow convention. I think if the feelings are sincere then the details are not as important. These days my family is so scattered around the world that if I see one of my brothers on RB then it is a treat. I only have boys and my sister only has girls...we see each other in the summer but not necessarily on RB. We always do rakhi together where the girls tie them on my boys, with tikka, sweets and gifts. For us the festival is about celebrating the love and closeness between brothers and sisters...we don't pay attention to the details...that it has to be done between 9 and 9:30 am or gold rakhi. All of that doesn't matter.

But that is my family and our traditions.

I love to hear different customs and traditions from a learning perspective!

thanks shelly for sharing.
i originate frm north india, punjab and there no aarti is done on RB. and there is no restriction on timing etc too but not sure the exact traditions.

Same here North India ..UP