This photograph was clicked on an Auspicious Full Moon night last year.
In Northern India, Rakhi Purnima is also called Kajri Purnima or Kajri
Navami, when wheat or barley is sown, and goddess Bhagwati is
worshipped. In Western states, the festival is called Nariyal Purnima or
the Coconut Full Moon. In Southern India, Shravan Purnima is an
important religious occasion, especially for the Brahmins. Raksha
Bandhan is known by various names: Vish Tarak – the destroyer of venom,
Punya Pradayak – the bestower of boons, and Pap Nashak – the destroyer
of sins.
