Rajya Sabha MP and Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murty has clarified her Raksha Bandhan post on the ‘Karnavati-Humayun’ story after being heavily trolled by netizens for her “origin story” of the Rakhi tradition. But it seems that not many are satisfied by her explanation. In a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Murty clarified that she shared one version of the origin story of the Raksha Bandhan tradition with the intention to highlight the symbolism behind the festival “The story I shared on Raksha Bandhan is just one of many tales associated with the festival and certainly not its origin.
As I have said in the video clip, this was already a custom of the land,” she wrote. “My intention was to highlight one of the many stories I learnt about when growing up, about the beautiful symbolism behind Raksha Bandhan. Raksha Bandhan is a much older tradition that has transcended time and culture of our beloved country, one that I am proud of and look forward to with affection for my own siblings,” she added.
Netizens React, Not Satisfied It however seemed that Murty was unable to calm down netizens' ire and not many were satisfied with the explanation. “Cover-up again! In earlier post you said, Raksha Bandhan started when Rani Karnavati sent a thread to Humayun & now you're saying that the story you shared earlier is just one of many tales associated with the Raksha Bandhan and certainly not its origin,” said one user. An.