Teej Festival 2010

Teej women’s festival, celebrated in Rajasthan, parts of Uttar pradesh and Bihar with both fasts and delicious feasts.

It takes place in 3rd day of Shukla Paksha in Bhadrapad or Bhado month of nepali calendar normly in the month of August or early September. Since Teej fall at the outbreak of the monsoons, it is also popularly known as the ‘Sawan Festival’.

According to Hindu mythology, in the month of Shravan, Goddess Parvati reunited with Lord Shiva after a penance of hundred years.

Teej SMS

Happy Hartalika Teej to all women who keep fasting

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May God bless you with wealth and prosperity on the occasion of Teej.

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Wishing you Happiness and Prosperity… Happy Teej 2010…
Teej is a fasting festival for Hindu women. It takes place in 3rd day of Shukla Paksha in Bhadrapad or Bhado month of nepali calendar normly in the month of August or early September. It is celebrated for marital bliss, well-being of spouse and children and purification of own body and soul. The festival is a three-day-long celebration that combines sumptuous feasts as well as rigid fasting.

Legend of Teej
The Spirit of Teej symbolises “ideal marriage” highlighting the legend of Goddess Parvati uniting with Lord Shiva after a penance of over hundred years. It is believed that invocation of Parvati’s blessings lead to marital bliss.

Falling on the Hindu month of Bhadrapad or Bhado (August/September), it also celebrates the arrival of monsoon after a season of oppressive heat. “Teej” is a small red insect that comes out of the soil during rains.

Women undergo fasts, sing folk songs and dance in the name of Goddess Parvati. It is a belief that unmarried Women fasting will luckily find a suitable husband. Fasting married Women will also find their husband more faithful and bonds of love strengthened.

Teej in Nepal:
The first day of Teej is called Dar Khane Din. On this day the women, both married and unmarried, mainly of Khas ethnicity, assemble at one place, in their finest attire and start dancing and singing devotional songs. Amidst all this, the grand feast takes place. The jollity often goes on till midnight, after which the 24-hour fast starts.

The second day is the fasting day. Some women live without a morsel of food and drops of water while others take liquid and fruit. On this day, they gaily dress and visit a nearby Shiva temple singing and dancing on the way. The Pashupatinath Temple gets the highest number of devotees. At the Shiva temple, women circumambulate the lingam, the symbol of the lord, offering flowers, sweets and coins. The main puja (religious ceremony) takes place with offerings of flowers, fruits, etc., made to Shiva and Parbati, beseeching them to grant their blessing upon the husband and family. The important part of the puja is the oil lamp which should be alight throughout the night for it is a bad omen if it dies out.

The third day of the festival is Rishi Panchami. After the completion of the previous day’s puja, women pay homage to various deities and bathe with red mud found on the roots of the sacred datiwan bush, along with its leaves. This act of purification is the final ritual of Teej, after which women are considered absolved from all their sins. The recent years have witnessed an alteration in the rituals, especially concerning the severity, but its essence remains the same.

Teej is celebrated just before the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi. Married women do 24-hour nirjala fasting (without water or fruit) for the wellness of their spouse and their married life.

Teej SMS:

Happy Hartalika Teej to all women who keep fasting

May God bless you with wealth and prosperity on the occasion of Teej.

Wishing you Happiness and Prosperity… Happy Teej 2010…

May the divine light of God
spread into your Life
peace, prosperity, happiness
and good health
Happy Teej 2010


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May the divine light of God
spread into your Life
peace, prosperity, happiness
and good health
Happy Teej 2010