Mumbai: Visually impaired girls, tribal students from Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts and members of Women’s Self Help Groups from Mumbai tied rakhi to Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan ahead of Rakshabandhan at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, on Thursday.

Tribal women members from the Seva Vivek – Vivek Rural Development Centre, Bhalivali, District Palghar tied bamboo rakhi to the Governor.

The Governor, accepting the rakhi, enquired about the students and women and presented them with raksha bandhan gifts and sweets.

Girls from Sindhutai Sapkal’s Mamta Bal Sadan, girl students from Integrated Tribal Development Project, Shahapur (District Thane), students from Integrated Tribal Development Project, Pen (District Raigad), girl students from the National Association for the Blind (NAB), Mumbai, tied rakhi to the Governor.

Others included members of Women’s Self-help groups such as Pratiksha Mahila Bachat Gat, Ovi Mahila Bachat Gat, Sahayati Mahila Bachat Gat, Shur Mahila Bachat Gat, and Unnati Mahila Bachat Gat from Mumbai, also tied rakhis to the Governor, symbolising respect, protection, and social harmony. Additionally, members of Bharat Vikas Parishad, Matunga Branch and sisters of Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya, Nepean Sea Road Branch also tied rakhi to the Governor.

Raksha bandhan, the popular Hindu festival that celebrates the everlasting bond between brother and sister, is observed on the last day of Shravan, which usually falls in August. This year, the festival will be celebrated on Saturday, the 9th of August.

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