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| Girls crowd at a stall selling Rakhis, traditional Indian sacred threads, at a market in the city of Ahmedabad. REUTERS
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| Women shop for "Rakhi," a sacred thread, on the eve of "Raksha Bandhan" festival in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. The Raksha Bandhan festival, which falls on Aug. 2 celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters and is marked by the tying of a Rakhi by the sister on the wrist of her brother. AP
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| Girls tie rakhi on BSF soliders during the Raksha Bandhan festival at Suchategarh on the India-Pakistan international border. The annual festival of Raksha Bandhan, which commemorates the abiding ties between siblings of opposite gender, is marked by a very simple ceremony in which a woman ties a rakhi, which may be a colorful thread, a simple bracelet, or a decorative string, around the wrist of her brother. PTI
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| School girls tie rakhi on police officers on Raksha Bandhan at Surajkund police post premises in Faridabad. PTI
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| A school girl ties a ’rakhi’ (sacred thread) onto the wrist of a school boy on the eve of the Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan at a school in Amritsar. Rakhi is also the name of a Hindu festival, also known as Raksha Bandhan, during which a sister ties one or more of the sacred threads onto her brother’s wrist to ask for his protection. The festival is celebrated across the country on August 2, 2012. AFP
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| Special children celebrating Raksha Bandhan festival at a school in Thane, Mumbai. PTI
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| Tibetan women tying Rakhi to Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival in Dehradun. PTI
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| A girl gets Mehndi on the eve of "Raksha Bandhan" festival in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Mehandi is the traditional art of adorning the hands and feet with a paste made from the finely ground leaves of the henna plant. The Raksha Bandhan festival, which falls on Aug. 2, celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters and is marked by the tying of a Rakhi, or holy thread, by the sister on the wrist of her brother. AP
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| A school girl ties a ’rakhi’ (sacred thread) onto the wrist of a school boy on the eve of the Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan at a school in Amritsar. AFP
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| Women tie Rakhi to BSF jawans on the eve of Raksha Bandhan festival in Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur on Wednesday. PTI
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