Re: raksha bandhan
Almost 500 years ago, Karnawati had sent a ‘rakhi’ to Emperor Humayun and sought his help when her kingdom was besieged by the enemy forces. Humayun left Delhi and reached Chittaur in keeping with the age-old tradition of Raksha Bandhan.
The attacker Bahadaur Shah Gujrati had annexed Malwa in 1531 AD and was marching on. As his forces surrounded the fort of Chittor, Rani Karnavati, the Raja’s mother, appealed to Badshah Humayun for help.
Along with her letter, she sent ‘rakhi’, the sacred thread that girls tie on the wrists of their brothers and in turn they pledge to take care of them. Humayun accepted the ‘rakhi’ and proceeded to Chittor though Bahadur Shah didn’t expect the Emperor to rush to Chittoar and fight him.