5 Fantastic Ideas to Decorate Raksha Bandhan Thali

India is a country flooded with endless festivals throughout the year. Every month contains some or the other festival which is celebrated by some section of the society. There are some fixed auspicious days like Poornima, Amavasya, Ekadashi and Ashtami days which are considered pious by the majority of Hindu people. Other than these the normal festivals like Holi, Diwali, Janmashtami, Navratri, Ganeshotsava and Hanuman Jayanti are celebrated by the entire Hindu religion.

On the occasion of festivals decoration and aesthetics occupy a major role as it is the main part of any festival. People are mostly crazy about decorating their homes and even make many decorative items using various materials. Especially females are more excited about decorating and creating attractive things using their imagination. And when the very special festival of Rakhi is approaching, sisters are never going to lose this opportunity to show their creativity by decorating the main Raksha Bandhan pooja thali.

So, if you are a sister and want to surprise your brother and other family members by your artistic talent then we have some of the super fantastic ideas to decorate Raksha Bandhan Thali for you.

The main ingredients that become the part of Raksha Bandhan Thali are roli, rice, diya, sweet, water, rakhi and a coconut. A bowl of kheer, a sweet pudding, threads (molly) and silver coin is also kept as an auspicious symbol.

Apart from these basic items Raksha Bandhan Thali can be decorated in numerous ways to enhance the look of the plate and add to the overall ambience of celebration.

Some of the most interesting ideas of decorating Raksha Bandhan Thali and showcasing your talent include:

Ceramic Thali Decoration:

The very interesting thali decoration idea is ceramic thali decoration. To give thali a striking look, cut the velvet in accordance with the inner side of thali and paste it using glue. After this, use five bowls for keeping things like roli and chawal. Color the bowls with any color of your choice and decorate the bowls with a chain of pearls. Decorate the border of the plate with beautiful creative items like Polystyrene balls. Now place the coconut, sweets and other things in the bowls. Use a square bowl in the middle for coconut.

Steel Thali Decoration:

Another awesome option of Rakshabandhan thali is decorating steel thali. Start by coloring the plate with the color of your choice. You can use oil paint in the cone and give your thali a design of your choice. This is a way to display your artistic side. After this paste various decorative items like mirror cutting, stars, glitters and cover the thali. If you wish to give your thali a traditional look then use kundan, stones, zardosi etc.

Designer Rakhi Thali:

There is a unique way of giving your thali a very attractive look by using different materials like leaves, flowers, sticks, ribbons and more. Paste or just spread these items on the plate to give a glorious look to the thali.

Bamboo Thali Decoration:

For this decoration a bamboo plate or a polystyrene plate is required. This is another traditional type of decoration which involves the use of earthen pitchers. Cover the plate by pasting a cloth of color of your choice on it and paste stars on the cloth. Place and paste the pitchers on the boundary of the plate. Now paint the pitchers in a unique style and fill them with rice, roli, tika, and sweets. Even pearl chains can be used for decoration.

Bronze Thali Decoration:

Take a bronze thali and place a cloth on it of any color. Now paste the idol of Lord Ganesha at one side and place other things like roli, rice, sweets, tika and rakhi on the plate. Here the thali is ready for Rakhi celebration.

Royal Thali Decoration: Give your Rakhi thali a royal look by using a silver plate and two silver bowls. Keep rice and roli in the bowls and fruits on the plate on one side. To add a divine look place the small statue of Laxmi and Ganesh on the other side. Paste the miniature of coconut on the plate and use a Silver color thread Rakhi and celebrate the festival.

Nitin Jain is a antique statue expert. He has been dealing with Hindu Gods statues, idols, sculptures for several years. You can find more information at statuestudio.com.