Teej A FESTIVAL of JOY and Devotion -Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, UP, Punjab, Jaipur, Haryana and even Kathmandu
Teej is a major festival in Hinduism celebrated by married women in India. Teej, a three-day-long Hindu festival, is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It falls in the month of Shravana or Sawan and Bhadrapada or Bhado, that corresponds to the Indian monsoon season of July - August - September. The exact day on which it is celebrated is determined by the moon’s cycle. There are four primary Teej – Akha Teej, Hariyali Teej, Kajari Teej and Hartalika Teej is celebrated every year in honour of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. This year Hartalika Teej will be celebrated on 23 july 2020 with married and single women observing fast (vrat) for marital bliss and getting an ideal husband respectively. Goddess Parvati is also known as Teej Mata. Just like other significant Hindu festivals, worshippers follow fasting rules (vrat vidhi) to carry out Hartalika Teej puja vidhi (rituals). . Hartal...