Mauli tying is part of Vedic conventional. There has already been a tradition of tying it during the yajna, but it has been tied as a raksha-sutra with the sankalpa sutra ever since Lord Vamana on his wrist for the immortality of the sacrificial demon king Bali. The defense thread was tied. It is also considered a symbol of Rakshabandhan, while Goddess Lakshmi tied […]