2015-08-28 Photo gallery

Sand artist Manas Sahoo makes a sand art on the eve of Raksha Bandhan with a message to protect mankind at Puri beach on Friday. PTI Photo

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi paying obeisance at Hazratbal Shrine, in Srinagar on Friday. PTI Photo

Priest of Kumkum Swaminarayan temple gives final touch to a huge Rakhi on a day before Raksha Bandhan festival, in Ahmedabad on Friday. Peace messages have been written on the Rakhi in view of recent incidents of violence. PTI Photo

Ex-servicemen celebrate Raksha Bandhan even as they continue their hunger strike protesting the non-implementation of 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP), in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo