Posted by Teej is an Indian festival and this festival is celebrated by women. On this day they pray from Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati for their blessing in their married life. This teej festival comes in the month of Shravan and Bhadra month. These months come in the monsoon season. Teej festival is also having many rituals and traditions. On this day women fast for the whole day and do puja for the health and long life of their husbands. Every family and community has its own significance and rituals, so accordingly women perform the puja. So this year celebrate Teej festival with Indiagift. We are having some gorgeous gifts for mother, gift for In-laws, gift for daughter-in-law and gift for daughter. All gifting categories are available online. You can visit our online store and buy/send gifts for online. We also provide same day delivery and midnight delivery. So order your gift and send wishes and blessing.
Main Customs and Rituals of Teej Festival
Every festival has its own rituals and customs and these rituals and costumes give more colors and significance to our celebrations because these rituals and customs are made by our elders and they are having some importance in our life. Every ritual and custom must be performed very seriously and carefully if someone wants to be blessed with a happy and healthier married life.
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Shrinjhara
The first ritual of this festival is shrinjhara. Shrinjhara is a box that is given to daughter-in-law by their in-laws. In this Shrinjhara box, these things are included Ghewar, traditional dress, mehndi or henna, and bangles. And on teej day all women use these items to get ready for the festival. On Teej day women go to their parent’s house and celebrate this festival. While returning to their husband’s house, and brings some presents for their In-laws.
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Baya
Baya is another ritual of the Tee festival. BAya is a traditional box that is given by the mother to her daughter on her first Teej. this is a custom. Things included in the baya are savory fried snacks (mathri), dry fruits, clothes, bangles, and jewelry. This is given to the women-only on her first Teej Festival day.
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Teej Fast
Teej fast is the very important customer of the Teej festival and it should be performed very seriously. Every Woman fasts for her husband and prays from Lord Shiva And Goddes Parvati for the long and healthy life of their husbands. The Teej fast lasts for 24 hours. On this fast woman neither eats nor drinks.
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Lighting a Lamp
Women lighting a lamp on the teej night and take care of the lamp the whole night. If the lamp of the light is dying then it will be a bad sign. Every woman takes care of this lamp a whole night and puts oil from time to time.
- Worshiping Goddess Parvati
On Teej’s day, every woman prepares the statue of goddess Parvati and decorates the statue with beautiful jewelry and with colorful clothes. They also pray from Goddess Parvati for marital harmony and prosperous happy life.
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Teej Swings
On the Teej day, every woman takes a swing and decorates the swing with flowers and other beautiful objects. Women take swings on these decorate swings and sing traditional Teej songs.
How is Hariyali Teej is celebrated?
On this day, every married woman wears new clothes especially green color clothes it can sari, green bangles, and decorate the swings, and take swings, and sings Teej songs. All women also apply Mehndi on their hands before the Teej day because mehndi is an important part of the married women shingaar. After the puja of the Teej, all married women give gifts to their mother-in-law which is called Sindhara. In these new clothes, jewelry, mehndi, and ghewar are there.
Ways to celebrate Teej at home
This lockdown put many restrictions on us and many temples across the country have been closed, and we can’t do anything. Don’t worry we have to bring some best ways to do puja at home during this time of the pandemic.
- Every woman needs to wake up early in the morning and take a bath.
- Women need to wear new clothes of green and red color.
- clean the puja area of the home.
- Take new clothes of red color for the puja and keep them in the puja area.
- Bring statues of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and place them in the puja area and decorate them will colors and jewelry.
- Now take some Kalash fill it with water and tie it with the sacred red thread.
- Also put some haldi, kumkum on the kalash.
- Place coconut at the top of the Kalash.
- Now light the lamp and do some puja to complete the vrat
- Honor Lord Shiva and Parvati with Chandan. Offer some flowers.
- Now read Hariyali Teej Vrat Katha and perform your customs.
- The next morning, before breaking the fast, prepare some bhog for the god and offer them and after that have the bhog and break your fast.