Rakhi Purnima ( রাখি পূর্ণিমা ) | Radha Krishna Song | Krishna Bhajan | Bengali Devotional

Raksha Bandhan, also known as Rakhi Purnima or Rakhi, is a Hindu festival that focuses on the love and duty between brothers and sisters. As we celebrate Raksha Bandhan in the month of August, interesting, more than centuries ago, the concept and sentiment behind the festival were used to unite the communities. Bengal was at its peak of nationalist movement at the dawn of the 19th century, which eventually emerged as a formidable threat to the British Raj. To curb this movement, the Britishers decided to divide Bengal, which was vehemently opposed by various leaders of the time, including Rabindranath Tagore. The plan was to divide the Hindu majority regions of West Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha from Muslim-dominated areas of Assam and Sylhet. The order of partition was passed in August 1905, w.e.f October 16 of the same year. However, the date fell in the month of Shravan, when the festival of Raksha Bandhan was celebrated. Tagore deftly used the concept of brotherhood, togetherness, and ‘the thread of protection’ as a medium to protest against the British’s partition policy. Following Tagore’s call, hundreds of people including Hindus and Muslims in Kolkata, Dhaka, and Sylhet came out in large numbers to tie Rakhi threads as a symbol of unity among diversity, and the decision was withdrawn in 1911, after six years of widespread protest.

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