TEEJ FESTIVAL
In The Month Of: August.
Variation Of The Festival: Hariyali Teej
Prominent Feature:Women Clad In Green Clothes
This festival is celebrated in the Shukla Paksha of
Shravana, coresponding to the month of August. Women put on green clothes,
wear green bangles, decorate their palms with green mehendi and sitting on
swings, sing songs known as 'savan' and 'kajli geet'. Various types of
food are prepared in the house and married women are sent to their
parents' houses.
Those who cannot go to their parents' houses, express their feeling of
melancholy through different songs. Hariyali Teej is the festival of
married women and girls. This festival is dedicated to the Goddess
Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva. Goddess Parvati is
worshipped by seekers of conjugal bliss and happiness.
