Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Salman Khan Flaunts Rakhis During Family Raksha Bandhan Celebration
Salman Khan celebrated Raksha Bandhan with his sisters, Arpita Khan Sharma and Alvira Khan Agnihotri.
Raksha Bandhan is a festival where sisters tie special threads called rakhis on their brothers.
Salman Khan showed the colourful rakhis on his wrists to photographers.
He smiled, waved and wore a tika on his forehead.
Arpita Khan Sharma later shared a video of the family celebration.
In it, she put tika on Salman Khan, performed aarti, tied a rakhi and gave him sweets.
The siblings hugged after the ceremony.
People online noticed that the ritual happened in front of artwork showing Jesus Christ and The Last Supper.
Salman Khan celebrated Raksha Bandhan with sisters Arpita Khan Sharma and Alvira Khan Agnihotri.
On August 28, Khan showed paparazzi the colourful rakhis tied around his wrists outside Alvira Khan Agnihotri’s Mumbai residence.
Arpita Khan Sharma’s video showed her applying tilak, performing aarti, tying a rakhi and feeding sweets to Salman Khan.
The siblings hugged after the ritual, which took place during a family gathering at Alvira Khan Agnihotri’s home.
The celebration drew social-media attention because the ceremony took place before a mural featuring Jesus Christ and The Last Supper.
- Who
- Salman Khan, Arpita Khan Sharma and Alvira Khan Agnihotri.
- What
- A Raksha Bandhan celebration in which Arpita Khan Sharma tied a rakhi to Salman Khan, who later displayed his rakhis to paparazzi.
- When
- August 28, a Friday; the family ritual took place later in the evening.
- Where
- At Alvira Khan Agnihotri’s residence in Mumbai.
- Why
- To mark the Raksha Bandhan festival.
Secular Interpretation
Unexpected Visual Contrast
Meaning of the backdrop
Secular Interpretation
Some social-media users described the video as especially secular because a Hindu Raksha Bandhan ritual appeared alongside artwork of Jesus Christ.
Unexpected Visual Contrast
Other reactions focused on the unusual combination of the traditional ceremony and the Christian artwork, without the articles specifying a single agreed interpretation.
- Occasion
- Raksha Bandhan
- Family members
- Salman Khan, Arpita Khan Sharma and Alvira Khan Agnihotri
- Public appearance
- Salman Khan showed his rakhi-covered wrists to paparazzi outside Alvira Khan Agnihotri’s Mumbai residence.
- Ritual details
- Arpita Khan Sharma applied tilak, performed aarti, tied a rakhi and fed sweets to Salman Khan.
- Family moment
- The siblings shared a warm hug after the ritual.
- Online attention
- Videos of the celebration circulated widely on social media.
- Backdrop
- The ceremony took place before a mural featuring Jesus Christ and Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper.
