India's President Pranab Mukherjee (front L) distributes sweets among school children who tied "Rakhi" on his wrist at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi August 2, 2012. Rakhi is also the name of a Hindu festival, also known as Raksha Bandhan, during which a sister ties one or more of the sacred threads onto her brother's wrist to ask for his protection.