Bollywood stars flooded social media with Rakhi celebration pictures, which showed them cherishing the festival with their siblings on Monday.
Actor Sanjay Dutt added an image on Instagram where he could be seen joined by his two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt, to mark the occasion.
“Having you both by my side fills me with so much happiness. Thank you for being my constant support, Priya and Anju. Love you both immensely! Wishing you a Happy Raksha Bandhan @priyadutt @namrata62,” he said.
Actress Sonam Kapoor marked the day by sharing throwback images where she could be seen with siblings Harshvardhan Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor.
She wrote: “Happy rakhi to my crazies. Love you all. Don’t worry I’ve got your back.”
Actress Bhumi Pednekar joined the festive mood and she celebrated the occasion with sister Samiksha Pednekar.
She wrote: “Love you @samikshapednekar. To us just being there for each other.”
Tightly hugging her brother, actress Genelia D’Souza shared a cute image and wrote on Instagram: “I know one thing, that no matter where I am in life and if I ever need you, you will be there and that for any sister, for any human being to have, is the biggest blessing, Thank you for being mine.”
“I Love Nigu Pigu.N so extremely proud of all that you have achieved in life Keep glowing Keep growingHappy Raksha Bandhan,” she said.
Calling his brother Saqib Saleem as ‘partner’, sister Huma Qureshi posted on the social media: “Hey Partner @saqibsaleem #Rakhi #bhai #behen.”
Raksha Bandhan is a popular and traditionally Hindu annual rite or ceremony that is central to a festival of the same name celebrated in South Asia.