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Teej Festival Jaipur

August 1, 2019 rajasthan tour

Teej festival is held every year during the Hindu month of Shravan and marks the advent of the monsoon. It is one of the most auspicious festivals among the women in Rajasthan. This festival is also known as ‘the festival of swings’. The festival is celebrated with a lot of fervor in various parts of rajasthan. The festival reflects the rich culture and tradition of rajasthan. The Teej Festival is dedicated to Goddess Parvati and commemorates the day when she was united with Lord Shiva. Young girls, newly wed women and elderly women can be seen attired in traditional costumes or in special multicolored striped pattern Laharia Sari and ornaments. They can be seen applying henna to decorate their hands and singing songs of love and enjoying flower bedecked swings, which are hung on trees.

They pray to the Goddess for the safety of their husbands and happiness in their married life. It is believed that one prey with pure heart gets his desires fulfilled by the Goddess herself.

Celebrations of Teej Festival
On this day married girls receive the sweets and gifts from their native home. Most parents send Lahariya which is a multicoloured sari, ghevar special sweet and other things used by girls for dressing and makeup. After having fast women pray all night. They get mehndi on their hands and sing the folk song and devotional songs. Some of the women and girls enjoy swinging on the swings hanging on the trees. Both men and women take part in the procession playing musical instruments and dancing to the traditional beats wearing vivid attires.

Teej Mata Savari In Jaipur
The ritual performed in Jaipur starts from Tripolia gate after passing through various markets it meets its destination Chaugan Stadium. Royal families of Jaipur decorate the idol of Parvati. The idol is made up of pure gold and silver. You can see folk dance, painted elephants, horses and decorated camels before the group of devotees.

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Celebrate Teej Festival In Jaipur Rajasthan (19 August 2023)

July 13, 2017 rajasthan tour

The festival Teej is celebrated with ultimate thrill and enthusiasm. The festival is celebrated with the outbreak of the monsoon season which is generally called as “Sawan Festival”. The festival is dedicated to the divine couple of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati. The festival is highly celebrated in Rajasthan India and is highly popular in Jaipur. The state of Rajasthan, Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh celebrates the festival at the arrival of monsoon after long summer season.

On the day of Teej festival married women pray to goddess Parvati for the well being of their husband. Colorful costumes, fasting for the whole day, song and dance with the religious procession are the most striking feature of the festival. The religious procession of the festival is the most attractive feature of the festival. Basically there are three types of Teej and they are as under:

Hariyali Teej: The festival of Hariyali Teej falls in Shukla Paksha of Sawan month. It is celebrated at the beginning of monsoon season. On this day, women wear green colored clothes. They worship moon, Lord Krishna and goddess Radha.

Kajari Teej: Kajari Teej is celebrated on the dark half (Krishna Paksha) of Shravan month (according to Hindu calendar). On this day women sings devotional songs and gathers near the Neem Tree and worships it. Special procession is carried on and goddess Parvati is decorated very beautifully.

Hartalika Teej: The day is having the most importance in the entire Teej festival. The Hartalika teej is celebrated for three days and for the three days married women observes fast and second day its Nirjara Fast which meaning ‘fast without water’ for the great devotion and lifelong prosperity for their husband.

Importance: Teej is the most awaited festival for the womenfolk which is as always the most colorful, attractive and vibrant. Both married and unmarried women perform the many joys and rituals of the Teej Festival to make it colorful and vibrant. Teej is the time to adorn oneself like a newly dressed bride. Therefore women shop for new clothes, jewelry and accessories. Mahanadi is another attraction for the women who keep fast for their husband and to be husband.

During the Teej festival the magnificent collection of Heena comes in the market. Teej is also known as the ‘festival of swings’ which marks the advent of the monsoon season. Sawan Teej festival is the time for the fun and jollity while performing the rituals and traditions.