Sudha Murty Faces Backlash Over Her Video on Raksha Bandhan History: Here’s What She Said

Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty, was trolled on social media for a post

Sudha Murty Faces Backlash Over Her Video on Raksha Bandhan History: The chairman of the nonprofit charity Infosys Foundation, philanthropist and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty, was trolled on social media for a post in which she shared a video message on X on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.

In the video shares "rich history" of Raksha Bandhan, she captions her post, “Raksha Bandhan has a rich history. When Rani Karnavati was in danger, she sent a thread to King Humayun as a symbol of sibling-hood, asking for his help. This is where the tradition of the thread began and it continues to this day.”

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Raksha Bandhan has a rich history. When Rani Karnavati was in danger, she sent a thread to King Humayun as a symbol of sibling-hood, asking for his help. This is where the tradition of the thread began and it continues to this day. pic.twitter.com/p98lwCZ6Pp

— Smt. Sudha Murty (@SmtSudhaMurty) August 19, 2024

Murty said in the video, “Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is one of the important festivals according to me where a sister ties a thread, it need not be a huge one, a thread is fine, indicating that in case of my difficulty, you should always be there to help me.”

“Siblings are so important in life. It goes back, Rani Karnavati was in danger. Her kingdom was small. It was attacked by somebody else. She did not know what to do. She sent a small piece of thread to King Humayun, a Mughal emperor, saying that I am in danger.”

“Please consider me as your sister, and please do come and protect me. Humayun did not know what it is because he came from different country.”

“He asked what this is. The local people said that this is a call of a sister to a brother, an SOS kind, and it is a custom of the land. He said okay, if that is the case, I am going to go and help Rani Karnavati.”

“He left Delhi, and he came to her kingdom, but he was a little late. In those days, there was no aeroplane. He came by horse. She was no more. But this idea of when you are in distress, send a thread, indicating somebody should come and help me, means a lot.”

“And even today, particularly in Northern India, this is a custom that a sister will travel any distance to tie the Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan and the brother will give her something which he will hold in his hand,” she added.

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In the comments section, many of the users said the story she narrated was “fake,” and others said “absolute rubbish!”

Another added, “You should read history 20 hours a day.”

“You should read history 20 hours a day,” a user said. Another comment reads, “Stop propagating falsehood!”

A person said, “It’s a real surprise for me that you as a writer is telling this crap. Raksha Bandan is related with Krishna & Draupati. Please educate yourself.”

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