New Zealand Hindu Temple Society, the host of HOTA Forum, is hosting celebrations of the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan on Saturday, August 6 at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre, New North Road, Auckland.
The society invites community members and their families and friends to join in the celebrations, which will start at 3-30pm. The programme will be opened by dignitaries and will be followed by a variety of cultural performances.
Raksha Bandhan marks the celebration of universal fellowship and veneration of womanhood. The tradition symbolises the need for building and cementing bonds amongst community members.
It also celebrates the deeper role of women in nurturing families and communities by their selfless love compassion compassion. Since times immemorial Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is an annual Hindu festival to reaffirm and celebrate universal fellowship.
Saturday’s event will be a three-and-a-half hour entertainment programme in a smoke free, alcohol free and meat free atmosphere. The programme will include performances by Maori, Indian, Chinese and Japanese artists.