Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan - Celebrating The Veneration of Womanhood and Universal Fellowship

Come and join us in the celebration where we have a lot of activities lined up including Multicultural performances, Interactive Tai chi session - Storytelling in Motion! and much more!

Raksha Bandhan’s basic idea is to honour the bond between brothers and sisters. In fact, the words “raksha bandhan” mean “bond of protection.”

The main events of the festival involve sisters tying a “rakhi,” a kind of sacred thread, around the wrist of their brothers. This is to indicate their love for their brothers. The brother, in turn, gives his sisters gifts that indicate his commitment to protecting them.

Today, rakhi threads are sometimes given to “non-sisters.” In these cases, the rakhi indicates protection rather than a brother-sister relationship.