When Raksha Bandhan comes, it renews the tie of relationship binding brothers and sisters. Rakhis symbolize this relationship. It is a custom among the Hindu to mutually exchange the sororal and fraternal feelings through gifts. Now with the online shopping portals mushrooming everywhere on the Net, it becomes easier for them to exchange their love symbolically and generously.
Raksha Bandhan is celebrated all over India with fervor and enthusiasm. Festivals are generally meant to celebrate religion or art or some particular time of the year like the New Year,
etc. Raksha Bandhan occurs on the full moon day or the month of Shravan according to the Hindu calendar, and celebrates the relationship that exists between brothers and sisters. It involves tying of a rakhi by a sister on her brother's wrist. It conveys her love and well wishes for her brother. The brother reciprocates by an oath to guard her for lifetime. But this is not all; there also takes place mutual exchange of gifts. As it is well known that gifts, being ideal symbols of warm feelings between people among who they are exchanged, preserve the relationship existing between them, and more than that, confirms it. The same feeling generally marks gifts exchanged between all brothers and sisters. Notwithstanding the time and space which might put physical distance between them, the gifts are a good vehicle to carry home the holy sentiments.
Since the ritual of gifting is something which cannot be dispensed with, both the brothers and sisters need to be choosy to select gifts for one another. Here are some rakhi gift ideas for siblings. The thing is that the task is rendered hassle-free for them by the online shopping portals. Only thing that remains to be done is by the presenter of the gift to decide which gift he or she is to send to his/her dear one.
Rakhi Hampers
Best way to send rakhi gifts is by choosing to send rakhi hampers. Hamper remains hamper, as it is. You don't have to put together one for your dear one/ones. Hampers come as hamper; as simple as that. Choose any of the online shopping portals for your purpose. These include sweets, dried fruits and other gifts.
Rakhi Sweets
For most festive occasions in India, there are sweets to entertain your palates. It is like your mutual love turning sweet in your mouth. Which sweets you want the sweet hamper to contain is entirely your choice. What sweets you choose, your hamper will contain them.
Rakhi Dry Fruits
It will simply strengthen your sibling who keeps such a strong feeling for you. Along with testing the bond of love, it is not a bad idea to taste the same.
Rakhi Pooja Thali
Rakhi thalis provide yet another option to present your loved one with a real gift. It will surely not fail to convey the sanctity of the feelings involved in gifting. These thalis come in many shapes and hues; but they are always cute. To name but few, there are Rectangle Pooja Thali, Green Pooja Thali, Leaf Ganesh Pooja Thali, Yellow Pooja Thali, Bandhani Pooja Thali, Orange Pooja Thali, Rakhi Decorative Thali, Traditional Red Pooja Thali, Hand Crafted Swastic Shagun Thali, and so on.
Rakhi Chocolates
These offer such a range of choice that you are bound to return to the good old days when you were kids. You won't be able to take your eyes off these. They are so alluring both by their looks and their taste that they will really make your festival chocolaty.
Mithai Thali
This is indeed a thali of bounty. It is like the novelty of its offering, which is never going to wear out. It looks great and tastes even better. There is such a range of choice that one would get the feeling that it will try the capacity of the person tasting them. How much of good he/she can have? That's the question.
In short, it will greatly enhance your joy on the festive occasion of Raksha Bandhan to exchange sweet and decent-looking presents with your siblings along with rakhi.