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Raksha Bandhan in Punjab

In Punjab, Raksha Bandhan is also called Rakhi, Rakhri, and Raksha Purnima. In various historic Sikh texts, the festival is mentioned as Rakhardi or Rakhari. It is celebrated as Rakhrhya which is the Punjabi name of the festival of Raksha Bandhan.

the festival is indeed celebrated by the Sikhs of the region too. A scholar of Sikhism, Eleanor Nesbitt in her book, “Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction” writes that many contemporary Sikhs “observe the annual bonding of brothers and sisters on the day of Rakhi (Raksha Bandhan).”