Shopkeepers take stock of the rakhis to be kept for sale in a shop in Sion-Dharavi Kela Bakhar Road.

A woman takes a look at rakhis ahead of Raksha Bandhan amid the heavy rains in Kurla West.

A woman looks at the collection of rakhis at a roadside stall in SV Road, Borivali. 

Women select rakhis to buy from a shop in Sion-Dharavi Kela Bakhar Road.

Vendors arrange rakhis to be kept for sale in a shop in Sion-Dharavi Kela Bakhar Road.

Girls buy rakhis from a roadside vendor in Worli Koliwada.

A woman takes a look at rakhis kept for sale at a stall in Bhuleshwar, near CP Tank in South Mumbai.

A customer having a closer look at a rakhi at a roadside stall in Mumbai.

A woman looks at a collection of rakhis at a shop in Jammu.

A woman checks out rakhis at a shop in Chennai.

Women looks at rakhis in a shop in Hyderabad.

Policewomen purchase rakhis from a shop ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival in Rajasthan's Bikaner.

A vendor sprays sanitiser on rakhis as a preventive measure against COVID-19, at his shop in Hyderabad.

A street vendor selling rakhis waits for customers along a street at Sadar Bazar wholesale market in New Delhi.