Indian cultures not only full of festivals but also authentic stories behind them. If one does not believe the story, the emotions and presentation is so unique that one can not control himself following the tradition. Here is a legend of Ma Santoshi. Lord Ganesha’s sister once came to tie Rakhi. She tied him the sacred thread. Shubh and Labh Ganesha’s son saw this and moved to tears. They asked their father to provide them a sister. Ganesha asked help from his wives Riddhi and Siddhi. His wives with great and powerful flames created Ma Santoshi, a very beautiful, charming and powerful goddess of satisfaction. This way Shubh and Labh got a sister. The incident of Lord Krishna and peerless queen Draupadi takes us far into the time of Mahabharata. During a very crucial fight, Krishna was hurt on his wrist. It was bleeding heavily, Draupadi saw it and without waiting for a minute she torn her sari made a strip, and tied it around the wound. Krishna was much amazed and happy with this. He promised Draupadi that he would help her in any situation, anytime, anywhere. Thus the silk strip as a symbol of pure love and a bond of true friendship tied both Draupdi and Krishna as brother and sister. Later on when in the palace of king Dhritarashtra during the gambling match king Yudhishthira lost all his wealth and later on he lost peerless queen Draupadi. Duryodhan asked Dushasan to bring Draupadi in the palace and remove her sari (removing cloths of woman as a symbol of dishonor). Draupadi was brought in the palace and when Dushasan was trying to remove her sari during the ‘chir-haran’ incident she asked help from Krishna. Krishna completed his promise by extending the sari to no end. He saved her from insult and humiliation.
Here a legend of goddess Laxmi and King Bali is worth mentioning. Bali was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Once when Bali was doing tapasya in the forest Lord Vishnu bestowed upon him a great blessing. Vishnu promised him to protect his state and public from any attack. But due to the promise he had to stay in his palace leaving his abode: Vaikunth. Laxmi could not live without him in Vaikunth. She came to Bali’s palace disguised as a woman and served king Bali. Once on a full moon day she tied rakhi to Bali. Bali in return asked her to ask anything she wanted. She asked her husband back as she could not live without him. King Bali understood that this was goddess Laxmi so he fulfilled her wish and freed Lord Vishnu from his service as a protector. The incident shows the joy of taking and giving.