Hyderabad, Aug. 24 -- With Raksha Bandhan around the corner, a heartwarming video has been circulating on social media, showing a visibly underprivileged man clad in tatters approaching a group of schoolchildren. In the clip, one of the girls is seen tying a rakhi on his wrist as the others look on, a gesture that has drawn emotional reactions online ahead of the festival that celebrates the lifelong bond between a brother and a sister.

The video begins with schoolchildren running helter-skelter on a street with small shops on one side. With a small crowd gathering there, the man stops in front of a schoolgirl, a rakhi in his hand.

The girl, a little afraid in the beginning, musters courage and ties it around his wrist. The man then see...