This time the festival of Raksha Bandhan will be celebrated on 11th August. There is a different joy to be seen among the sisters regarding this festival. Sisters make sweets of their brothers’ choice and get gifts for them. Brothers also start preparing several days in advance to make this occasion special. The festival of Rakhi is celebrated every year but do you know what is the reason behind celebrating this festival?
Someone associated the story of Raksha Bandhan 2022 with the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Lord Krishna killed the Chedi king Shishupala with his Sudarshan Chakra. Because of this, his finger was cut and blood started flowing from it. , Seeing this, Draupadi tore a piece of cloth from her sari and tied it to her finger to stop the bleeding. The piece of cloth then became a sacred thread. The act of Draupadi tying a piece of cloth on Krishna’s injured finger is synonymous with Raksha Bandhan 2022 – a girl ties a rakhi on her brother’s wrist and he promises to protect her like Krishna in return. Draupadi protected. A legend is mentioned in the Vamana Purana that when Lord Vishnu took everything from King Bali in three steps, King Bali asked Lord Vishnu for a boon.
In the boon, Bali urged Lord Vishnu to reside with him in the underworld. Lord Vishnu had to go to Hades due to a boon. This caused great trouble to Goddess Lakshmi.
MEANING OF RAKSHA BANDHAN
One day Lakshmi ji disguised as an elderly woman and reached Hades to free Lord Vishnu from Vamana. Goddess Lakshmi made Vamana a brother and tied a Raksha sutra to Vamana’s wrist. When Vamana asked Lakshmi to ask for something, Lakshmi asked Lord Vishnu to go to Baikuntha from Patala.
In order to keep the matter of his sister, Vamana sent Lord Vishnu to Baikunth along with Goddess Lakshmi. Lord Vishnu granted Vamana a boon that during the period of Chaturmas, he would come and reside in Hades.
After this incident, Rakshabandhan became a festival for brothers and sisters. The mantra of Rakshabandhan mentions King Bali.
Considering the cloth with which he had tied a sacred thread, Krishna promised her that he would protect her from all evil throughout her life. When the Kauravas tried to save her dignity by dragging Draupadi by her hair, dragging her to the court, and after scuffling with her, providing bottomless pieces of cloth to cover her.
In Vaman Purana, how Rakhi became the festival of brother and sister
Lord Vishnu granted King Bali a boon when he took everything from him in three steps, according to a legend mentioned in the Vamana Purana.
In the boon, Bali urged Lord Vishnu to reside with him in the underworld. Lord Vishnu had to go to Hades due to a boon. This caused great trouble to Goddess Lakshmi.
One day Lakshmi ji disguised as an elderly woman and reached Hades to free Lord Vishnu from Vamana. Goddess Lakshmi made Vamana a brother and tied a Raksha sutra to Vamana’s wrist. When Vamana asked Lakshmi to ask for something, Lakshmi asked Lord Vishnu to go to Baikuntha from Patala.
In order to keep the matter of his sister, Vamana sent Lord Vishnu to Baikunth along with Goddess Lakshmi. Lord Vishnu granted Vamana a boon that during the period of Chaturmas, he would come and reside in Hades.
After this incident, Rakshabandhan became a festival for brothers and sisters. The mantra of Rakshabandhan mentions King Bali.
