Rakhi Day is known as one of the very important festival in India. The whole country celebrate this festival with full spirit and enthusiasm. The way of celebrating Raksha Bandhan festival may vary region to region. The name of this festival also changes as soon as one enters into a new region. For instance some of the names are the 'Vish Taadak' (destroyer of poison), the 'Punya Pradaayak' (bestower of boons), and the 'Paap Naashak' (destroyer of sins).

Traditional way to celebrate Rakhi Day
According to the Rakhi Day tradition, all brothers and sisters wake up early in the morning and get ready for worship of God. All the sisters prepare rakhi thali with the diya, roli, chawal and the rakhi threads. She worships the deities and then ties the rakhi thread on the wrist of brother and wish for his well-being. The brother in turn expresses his love and promises to protect and honor his sister at all circumstances. All the brothers and sisters come together on this auspicious day, no matter how far they may be by miles. Those who can't get together send online cards and gifts. Today even rakhi threads are send to brothers in different parts of India and abroad.

An Occasion for family get-together
In India, all festivals are incomplete without the traditional festivities and celebration. A colorful and joyful spectrum of family get-together, songs, sweets and gifts make up the essence of festivals. Raksha Bandhan day is one such festival that focuses on togetherness and the chaste love shared between a brother and a sister. It is a festival that is mainly celebrated in North and Western regions of India. But now the whole world celebrates the festival of Rakhi with equal fervor of happiness. The regional celebrations of Rakhi Day are different in different parts of the country and the importance of this day doesn't diminish.

Rakhi Day Significance
The joyous unions, the family get-together and the feelings of brotherhood ring the air with happy celebration times. For all sisters, the Rakhi Day is very important. They showers their brothers with wonderful rakhi gifts and sweets. The brother also gives a return gift to the sister as a symbol of his pledge to protect and honor her for all time to come.

The Rakhi Day is also a happy time for the whole family to celebrate with tasty dishes, mouth-watering sweets and a time for family reunion. On the whole, Rakhi Day is the perfect festival to bring everyone together.