Today, Indians across the country celebrated Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi amid strict COVID-19 guidelines.
Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on the full-moon day of the lunar month of Shravan, which generally falls in August. The day celebrates the bond of siblings and their love for each other wherein the sister ties Rakhi on her brother's wrist.
Here's a look at how India celebrated Raksha Bandhan 2021.
Women showing Rakhi printed with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees image on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan, in Kolkata on Sunday. | ANI
Girls tie Rakhi on the wrist of boys on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan at an orphanage school, in Jammu on Sunday. | ANI
Devotees perform rituals on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan festival at Pushkar, in Ajmer on Sunday. | ANI
Women showing Rakhi printed with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees image on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan, in Kolkata on Sunday. | ANI
A kid ties Rakhi on the wrist of the CRPF personnel at the Shankarachya temple on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival, in Srinagar on Sunday. | ANI
Afghan man shows rakhis tied, with the image of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in a TMC activity on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan festival, in Kolkata on Sunday. | ANI
Member of Brahma Kumaris ties a Rakhi on the wrist of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival, in New Delhi on Sunday. | ANI
BSF woman constable ties a Rakhi to a BSF officer on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival, near Tarbandi on the India-Pakistan International Border, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. | PTI
A woman ties Rakhi to an Afghan man celebrating the Raksha Bandhan festival, at Baguiati, in Kolkata on Sunday. | ANI
Women tie tricoloured rakhi on the wrists of Border Security Force (BSF) jawans on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival at Attari-Wagha border near, Amritsar, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. | PTI
Girls tie Rakhis or sacred threads onto the wrists of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during a ceremony to mark Raksha Bandhan festival at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post, about 35km from Amritsar on August 22, 2021. | PTI
Engineering students tie Rakhi to a divine tree named Kalpataru as part of a save environment initiative, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Ranchi, Sunday, Aug. 22,2021. | PTI
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ties a Rakhi on a tree on Raksha Bandhan festival to mark Vriksha Suraksha Diwas?, in Patna, Sunday, Aug 22, 2021. | PTI
Brahmin students from Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam participate in the janoi or sacred thread changing ceremony on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on August 22, 2021. | AFP
