When is Rakhi?

In India, the month of Shravana is rated as the month of gods and pujans. There are all sorts of worships of different gods. In this pious month, the full moon day is even considered as the most significant one. On this day, the festival of Rakhi is being celebrated with a sense of great joy in all over India. Some parts of the country though enjoy the day with a different way and follow their own customs and rituals.

Mostly, the festival of Rakhi is trendy in North India, where it is celebrated with a great joy. The reasons may possibly be pole apart, with different names and the rituals, but almost all parts of India engage itself in the grand prayer and vow for protection. The Western Ghats assumes the Rakhi as an offering to Lord Varuna, which marks the starting of the fishing season.

The Avani Avittam term has been assigned for the festival in South India. The day comprises an enormous significance for the Brahmins as they swear to carry out the brahmanik activities with a panacea. Rakhi Purnima is also known as the Kajri Purnima or Kajri Navami in the Northern India, and marks a day when wheat or barley is sown.

In Gujarat, people present water and pray to God for exoneration on the Rakhi Purnima. Thus we see different people and diverse ways on the same day. This grand diversity of Rakhi speaks volume about the importance it gets in India