'Vibrant' Border Villages Celebrate Raksha Bandhan With Border Police Force
NDTV
As per the border guarding force, thousands of border women and girls tied rakhis to the personnel of the ITBP-- which is mandated to guard the entire 3,488 kms of India-China borders.
The border population of the Himalayan frontiers of the country residing in 'vibrant villages' along the India-China border on Thursday celebrated 'Raksha Bandhan' or 'Rakhi' with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force personnel. #RakshaBandhan - The festival of trust, celebrated by tying rakhi to the #Himveers by local women at 5th Battalion ITBP, Leh. #ITBP#Himveers#RakshaBandhanpic.twitter.com/7AdelO5WPs Support Battalion ITBP, Karera, MP celebrated the #RakshaBandhan festival at the Unit campus with the students of Govt. Model High School, Karera.#Himveerspic.twitter.com/wLvtfRuUik 48th Battalion ITBP, Katihar, Bihar celebrated #RakshaBandhan.On this occasion local sisters tied rakhis on the wrists of #Himveers. pic.twitter.com/C2yCAnnsiX #RakshaBandhan being celebrated at 8th Battalion ITBP, Gauchar, Uttarakhand. pic.twitter.com/IyXpfXOoot
As per the border guarding force, thousands of border women and girls tied rakhis to the personnel of the ITBP-- which is mandated to guard the entire 3,488 kms of India-China borders.
From Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh, covering hundreds of border villages in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim borders ranging in heights from 4,000 to 16,000 feet, and many hinterlands, the local population celebrated the festival of Rakhi with the ITBP Himveers-- a name that has been given by the people to the border guarding force personnel who serve in difficult terrain and weather conditions to safeguard the borders over the years.
