Salman Khan's Raksha Bandhan celebration highlights religious harmony

Bollywood actor Salman Khan celebrated the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan with his family in Mumbai on August 28, 2026, in a gathering that drew widespread attention online due to a prominent piece of artwork in the background. The celebration, which honors the bond between brothers and sisters, featured Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma performing traditional rituals, including tying a rakhi, a protective thread, on his wrist.

Videos and images shared by Arpita Khan Sharma on her social media accounts showed her performing an aarti, a Hindu prayer ritual, before applying a tilak to Khan’s forehead and securing the rakhi. The actor, dressed casually in a maroon T-shirt and blue jeans, was later seen posing for photographers outside his sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri’s residence, proudly displaying multiple rakhis on his wrist. The family gathering included the younger generation, with Arpita’s daughter, Ayat, tying rakhis to her cousins, Arhaan Khan, Nirvaan Khan, and Ayaan Agnihotri.

What captured significant public interest was a large mural depicting Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, featuring Jesus Christ, visible on the wall behind the siblings during the ceremony. The...