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| Time
of the year |
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First week of August |
| Venue |
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Jaipur,
Rajasthan |
| Language |
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Rajasthan
& Hindi |
| Duration |
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1
- 2 days |
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| About
the Teej Festival |
| The
most important festival to herald the monsoons
is Teej - reflecting the magic of the rainy
season. Teej is the festival of swings and
rejoice. It marks the advent of the monsoon
month of Shravan (August). The monsoon rains
fall on the parched land and the pleasing
scent of the wet soil rises into the air.
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| Do
you Know...? |
| Teej
is especially celebrated in Jaipur, the pink
city of Rajasthan. However, people of Bihar
and parts of Uttar Pradesh also consider this
festival an auspicious one. Though the revelry
and public participation is absent here, Lord
Shiva and his wife Parvati are worshipped
by married women who keep a 24-hour fast for
the long life of their husband. The fast is
a strict one during which the women are not
allowed to have even a sip of water. An offering
of traditional sweets and fruits is made and
women pray for the long life and prosperity
of their husband. |
| History |
| According
to Hindu mythology, on the 3rd day (teej)
after the new moon in the month of Shravan
Goddess Parvati went to the house of lord
Shiva, her husband and was united with him.
This day is celebrated as Teej in all over
India and especially so in Rajasthan. And
the one another reason behind this great festival
is the arrival of the rainy season. In the
month of Shravan the long awaited monsoon
finally arrives in Rajasthan bringing relief
to the parched land. Like a magic wand it
transforms the hot, dusty and barren summer
landscape of Rajasthan into the fertile green
beehive of activity. |
| Activities
during the Teej Festival |
Teej
is celebrated mainly by the women folk of
Rajasthan. Married women who idolize Parvati
for her devotion to her husband Shiva celebrate
Teej. The invocation of Parvati's blessings
on this day results in continued marital bliss.
The festivity revolves around singing and
dancing in praise of Parvati. The rituals
allow the women to pamper and enjoy themselves,
to feast, to dress in the best of cloths,
finery and jewellery, in fact to look the
stunning best. Girls engaged to be married
receive gifts from their future in-laws a
day before the festival. The gift, called
shrinjhara derived from the word shringar
(adornment), consists of henna, colourful
bangles, a special dress of laheria (tie and
dye fabric) and a sweet called - Ghewar
.
All over Rajasthan, even in remote villages,
Jhoolas (swings) are hung from trees and decorated
with leaves and flowers. Ladies and girls
can be seen enjoying on these swings, playing
games, singing folk songs and applying Mehandi
(henna) on their palms. |
| Shopping
in Jaipur during Teej Festival |
| Jaipur
is famous for Kundan work (enamel work on
gold). Also there are woollen carpets, brass
ware, marble statuary, cotton rugs, enamelled
wares, hand-block printed Sanganeri and Bagru
Cotton fabrics, exotic blue pottery made from
crushed quartz, leather footwear and more.
But during the festival, Laheria and ghewar
are traditionally associated with Teej. Days
before the festival, main markets in the walled
city of Jaipur wear a festive look and the
textile shops stock a wide range of laheria
garments and cloth. The women of the royal
families wear a special variety of laheria
in a pastel shade of blue called samandar
(sea). Sweetshops do brisk business in ghewars.
Rich families living outside Rajasthan order
their ghewar to be flown in from Jaipur. |
| How
to reach |
Jaipur can
be easily accessed through air, train or road.
By Air : Jaipur has
its own airport, and is well connected to
all other tourist and business centres.
By Rail : Jaipur is well
connected to Delhi by Shatabdi Express and
the Pink City Express. Other connections to
Jaipur are from Bikaner , Jodhpur , Udaipur
, Ahemadabad, Secunderabad and Lucknow .
By Road : A network of reasonably
comfortable tourist buses, run by road corporations
of Rajasthan, Haryana and others. |
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