IMAGE: Women tie rakhis to army jawans in Prayagraj ahead of Raksha Bandhan. All Photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: A woman applies a tilak to a jawan.
IMAGE: Students and a schoolteacher tie rakhis to Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force soldiers in Jalandhar.
IMAGE: Women apply tika on the foreheads of Sashastra Seema Bal personnel in Gorakhpur ahead of Raksha Bandhan.
IMAGE: Women take selfies with Sashastra Seema Bal personnel in Gorakhpur.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
