Teej
Teej festival is celebrated by Nepali Hindu women throughout the country today, 8 September, 2013. Teej is a religious, social and cultural festival in Nepal in which the married women visit their parent’s home and celebrate Teej with their mother, sisters and friends. Married women take a full day fast for their husband’s wellness. Unmarried women and girls also take fast on Teej and pray to get a nice husband. Modern women take fruits and liquid in the evening after their puja (worship) while some women live without any food and drops of water for 24-hours on this day. As women worship Lord Shiva on Teej, the colorful women fully decorated with ornaments and bangles gather at the Shiva temples. The Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu is highly visited by the Hindu women in Teej where they worship Pashupatinath (Shiva) and perform Teej dance. Teej puja takes place also at home. Some women do puja both at the temple and home. Besides its religious meaning, Teej is a cultural festival in which women dance and sing songs at home, temples and neIn Punjab Teej is known as teeyan. Women gather at one place and perform Gidda. Married women visit their parents’ house and receive gifts. Haryali Teej is famous festivals of Haryana. Girls apply henna to their hands and are exempted to do any household work. Boys fly kites throughout the day. In Rajasthan women wear green colored clothes and play in swing. Traditional ghevar sweet is made and distributed among the family and friends. In Marwari community of Rajasthan women wear bangles and bindis. Young girls receive gifts from their family and friends. It is customary that mother in law should give a gift to new daughter in law. Generally, a married woman would go to her parents’ house for Teej and come back after Rakhi. She would take sweet and salt food with her. Sattu, a special sweet is made to unmarried girls which they can eat only after seeing moon. Haryali Teej coincides with 'Jhulan Utsav' or 'Hindola Utsav' which is related with Krishna and Radha, and widely celebrated in Uttar Pradesh. The festival is celebrated for 13 days until Krishna Janmashtami.arby public places.
Teej festival is celebrated by Nepali Hindu women throughout the country today, 8 September, 2013. Teej is a religious, social and cultural festival in Nepal in which the married women visit their parent’s home and celebrate Teej with their mother, sisters and friends. Married women take a full day fast for their husband’s wellness. Unmarried women and girls also take fast on Teej and pray to get a nice husband. Modern women take fruits and liquid in the evening after their puja (worship) while some women live without any food and drops of water for 24-hours on this day. As women worship Lord Shiva on Teej, the colorful women fully decorated with ornaments and bangles gather at the Shiva temples. The Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu is highly visited by the Hindu women in Teej where they worship Pashupatinath (Shiva) and perform Teej dance. Teej puja takes place also at home. Some women do puja both at the temple and home. Besides its religious meaning, Teej is a cultural festival in which women dance and sing songs at home, temples and neIn Punjab Teej is known as teeyan. Women gather at one place and perform Gidda. Married women visit their parents’ house and receive gifts. Haryali Teej is famous festivals of Haryana. Girls apply henna to their hands and are exempted to do any household work. Boys fly kites throughout the day. In Rajasthan women wear green colored clothes and play in swing. Traditional ghevar sweet is made and distributed among the family and friends. In Marwari community of Rajasthan women wear bangles and bindis. Young girls receive gifts from their family and friends. It is customary that mother in law should give a gift to new daughter in law. Generally, a married woman would go to her parents’ house for Teej and come back after Rakhi. She would take sweet and salt food with her. Sattu, a special sweet is made to unmarried girls which they can eat only after seeing moon. Haryali Teej coincides with 'Jhulan Utsav' or 'Hindola Utsav' which is related with Krishna and Radha, and widely celebrated in Uttar Pradesh. The festival is celebrated for 13 days until Krishna Janmashtami.arby public places.
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