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William Crawley | 19:05 UK time, Wednesday, 3 May 2006

TonyBlair128.jpgNow we know. The red bracelet Tony Blair was wearing on his right wrist today during Prime Minister's Question Time was the nada-chhadi, a Hindu sacred (or 'auspicious') thread presented to him on a recent visit to a temple.

bill-clinton-wrist-1.jpgThe Prime Minister isn't the first Western political to be seen wearing the red thread. Here's Bill Clinton wearing the nada-chhadi back in 2001, when it was tied to his wrist in an ancient ceremony of welcome at Akshardham in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. It's essentially a good luck bracelet which is considered a blessing and an honour when offered to a guest. Prince Philip has also been seen wearing the sacred thread.

Tomorrow's is making merry with it all: Labour's future hanging by a thread. A fairly inevitable headline. Surely someone in the Downing Street communications office could have predicted that one?

on the prime-ministerial wrist caused a bit of a fuss almost exactly a year ago. Remember that? Is the Hindu sacred thread the origin of today's charity bracelets?


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  • At 03:16 AM on 30 Mar 2007,
  • anup wrote:

its poaky i geuss but they shouldnt eb wearing the " nada chhadi" or hindu sacred wrist thread on their wrists becuase it is only worn if the person follows hinduism like me!! anways...awsome site

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