Overview

Rakhi.com, an Australia‑based online Rakhi and gifting platform founded in 2012, announced a major service expansion for Raksha Bandhan 2026. The festival falls on Friday, 28 August 2026, and the company will provide same‑day Rakhi delivery across more than 500 Indian cities, covering metro, Tier‑2 and Tier‑3 locations such as Agra, Amritsar, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jodhpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mysore, Nagpur, Patna, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. Orders placed by 10 AM qualify for same‑day delivery in most cities, allowing a sister in Hyderabad to send a Rakhi with a dry‑fruit hamper and personalised card to a brother in Lucknow on the morning of 28 August and have it delivered by evening.

NRI Customer Base and Reach

The platform serves approximately 30 million non‑resident Indian (NRI) customers residing in countries including Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and others. Rakhi.com enables these customers to order in their local currency via localized websites (www.rakhi.com.au for Australia and www.rakhi.ca for Canada) and offers over 3,000 Rakhi designs and gift combinations. Free worldwide delivery is provided from more than 100 countries, and the most frequent Indian delivery destinations for international orders are Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Lucknow.

Popular Gift Combinations

Among NRI orders, the most frequently chosen combinations are:

  • Kundan Rakhi with Dry Fruit Hamper – a designer Kundan Rakhi paired with premium cashews, almonds and pistachios, identified as the top‑gift across Australia, the UK, the USA and Canada.
  • Bhaiya‑Bhabhi Rakhi Set with Sweets – a set comprising a designer Rakhi for the brother (Bhaiya), a Lumba Rakhi for the sister‑in‑law (Bhabhi) and a box of traditional Indian sweets, showing steady year‑on‑year growth.
  • Personalised Rakhi Gifts – custom photo frames, engraved name plates, personalised mugs and cushions shipped together with the Rakhi.
  • Eco‑Friendly Seed Rakhi – a seed‑embedded Rakhi that can be planted after the festival, especially popular among NRI customers in Australia, the UK and Singapore.
  • Designer Rakhi Cake – a customised Rakhi‑themed cake delivered fresh as an add‑on to any Rakhi order, available for same‑day delivery across the 500+ cities.

International Order Deadlines

To ensure timely delivery, Rakhi.com set the following latest order dates for standard and express shipping:

  • Australia and New Zealand: standard by 11 August, express by 18 August.
  • USA and Canada: standard by 11 August, express by 18 August.
  • United Kingdom: standard by 13 August, express by 20 August.
  • United Arab Emirates: standard by 15 August, express by 21 August.

All international orders include free worldwide delivery. Same‑day delivery within India remains available up to the morning of 28 August.

Founder’s Statement

Rakesh Prajapati, Founder of Rakhi.com, said: "Raksha Bandhan 2026 is special – it is on a Friday, which means families have more time together. But for our 30 million NRI customers, the festival is always the same challenge: how do you make sure the Rakhi arrives on time, the gift is right, and the celebration feels complete even from 10,000 miles away? Same‑day delivery in 500+ Indian cities and free worldwide shipping from 100+ countries is our answer this year. Rakhi.com is where NRI families come to send Rakhi to India – and this Raksha Bandhan 2026, we have made it better than ever."

About Rakhi.com

Rakhi.com operates as one of the world’s largest dedicated online Rakhi delivery platforms, connecting NRI families and domestic Indian households for Raksha Bandhan and other Indian festivals. The company’s service network now includes same‑day delivery across 500+ Indian cities and free delivery to over 100 countries worldwide.