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People jostle to board a bus during 'Raksha Bandhan' festival, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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People celebrate 'Raksha Bandhan' festival during an event organized by Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, at Jama Masjid, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. The event calls for tying 'Rakhis' as a symbol of communal harmony. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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President Droupadi Murmu celebrates 'Raksha Bandhan' festival with school students at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Center, in New Delhi. | Photo: @rashtrapatibhvn/X via PTI
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh celebrates 'Raksha Bandhan' festival with school students at his residence, in New Delhi. | Photo: @rajnathsingh/X via PTI
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Women wait in a queue outside Beur Central Jail to meet their incarcerated brothers during 'Raksha Bandhan' festival, in Patna, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Chairperson Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti ties a 'rakhi' to former union minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on the occasion of 'Raksha Bandhan' festival, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Dhiraj Seth during Raksha Bandhan festival celebration with school students. | Photo: @adgpi/X via PTI
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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary ties 'Rakhi' to a tree during 'Raksha Bandhan' festival to mark Vriksha Suraksha Diwas, in Patna, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Model Celina Jaitly during social activist Nidarshana Gowani's 'Raksha Ek Pehchaan' to celebrate the spirit of ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival, in Mumbai, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Women tie ‘rakhis’ to army personnel on the eve of the ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival, at the 137 CETF Bn (TA) 39 GR camp in Varanasi, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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A woman ties a 'rakhi', a sacred thread, to a taxi driver on the eve of 'Raksha Bandhan' festival, near Sealdah railway station, in Kolkata, West Bengal, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Students of a women’s college tie ‘rakhis’ to police personnel ahead of the ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival, in Mumbai, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Students celebrate 'Raksha Bandhan' festival at a school, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI
