Rakhis were tied on the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Deputy Lord Provost, Councillor Lezley Marion Cameron and chief officers of the Armed Forces, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force and the Police at the Hindu Temple in Edinburgh in August. Sister Usha, assister by temple sisters, Another 180 others, all had their rakhis tied by Sister Usha of the Brahma Kumaris.