Philanthropist, author, and Member of Rajya Sabha, Sudha Murty found herself in a controversy after she posted a video about a story behind the festival of Raksha Bandhan recently. Her post didn't go down too well with many and Mrs Murty was trolled by netizens for her video. For the unversed, on August 19th Sudha Murty took to social media where she shared the story of Rani Karnavati and King Humayun.
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Writer Sudha Murty's 'Karnavati-Humayun' Story For Raksha Bandhan; Netizens Say 'Absolute Rubbish' In the video, she further says that when Rani Karnavati's kingdom was attacked, she sent a small piece of thread to King Humayun-- the Mughal emperor, asking for help and protection. Since Humayun didn't know what it was, he asked his people who told him that this was the custom of the land-- of a sister tying a thread on the brother's hand. In this case, it symbolised as an 'SOS', and so King Humayun went to help Rani Karnavati.
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