Teej Festival Jaipur

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Significance : Celebrated to commemorate the union of Goddess Parvati to Lord Shiva.
Time of Celebration : For two days in the month of Shravan (according to the Hindu calendar), which usually falls in July or August.

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.

Hariyali Teej
This teej festival is celebrated in honour of abundant greenery and good harvest. During the celebration women wear green coloured clothes, bangles and adorn their hands with beautiful mehandi designs. Numbers of songs are recited to praise the Mother Nature. Various delicious food items are cooked with the new harvested cereals.

Kajli Teej
This is another popular teej festival among women. During this celebration women and young girls adorned themselves in colourful attire. On this day wings are laid down in the garden on which ladies swing and sing auspicious songs. Especially the Kajari folk songs are sung in which arrival of monsoon is praised.

Hartalika Teej
This is the popular form of teej celebration which is celebrated across north India. It is celebrated by married women and girls in whom they keep fast for long and conjugal life of their husband. During the celebration they do rigorous fasting without a single drop water and worship Goddess Parvati. On this day idol of goddess Parvati is festooned with beautiful and bright clothes and palanquin procession is taken out. The procession at Jaipur is the most popular one because of its vivid charm and glory. The procession at this place is marked by a number of well decorated camels and elephants.
The joy of this procession heightens with the presence of music bands playing several folk songs and women dancing on the tune of bands. Large number of tourists comes here to experience colourful and lively display of Rajasthan culture. Tourists from across the globe come here during the teej festival because it is the best time to feel the religious fervour of this princely state. Number of artists, folk singers, dancers and acrobats also come here which adds glamour to this most cherished festival of Rajasthan.