Numerous ancient Hindu texts and popular legends mention the protective power of threads tied on arms or wrists. Ritual texts declare the full-moon day (purnima) of the Hindu month of Shravana to be the day on which protective threads should be tied. It is also the day on which religiously initiated Hindu men annually change their sacred threads.
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