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Janai Purnima and Rakshya Bandhan

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Janai Purnima is celebrated during the month of Shrawan. It is known as Rakshya Bandhan because this celebration celebrates the bond between pureness and security. The celebration is observed by Hindus throughout the world. Janai Purnima is a Sacred Thread Festival. This day Hindu males, particularly men of Brahmins and Chettris take part in their annual change of Janai and everyone who is celebrating the festival wrap a fearsome thread around their wrists. What exactly is Janai Janai is a thread of cotton used to tie the chest of a Hindu male. The thread is only offered to males in a lengthy and impressive ritual known as Bratabandhan. Nearly every religion has a the same type of Bratabandhan however, they are known under various names. Bratabandhan is the formal procedure of accepting someone into the faith. The Janai will help the boy grow into manhood and teaches that they adhere to the faith along the road of the truth. The Janai must be worn all da