Teej 2020: History, significance, puja timing of this monsoon festival

Teej is a celebration of the monsoons (saawan or shraavan) and all that accompanies it. It is the celebration of nature and its abundance throughout this era. With India being an agricultural nation primarily, this competition serves an essential function within the Hindu tradition.

Women across the nation, have a good time this competition by welcoming the monsoon with singing and dancing, dressing up in brightly-coloured clothes, making use of henna on their arms and sharing tales with their household and mates. This competition is devoted to Goddess Parvati and her union with Lord Shiva. According to legend, Parvati needed to undergo 108 cycles of beginning and rebirth, till Lord Shiva lastly agreed to marry her.

The Goddess Parvati is also called Teej Mata and Hindu ladies around the globe pray to her on this competition for the safety of their husbands and thank her for the ample monsoon.

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Teej, which accurately means ‘third’, falls on the third day of the month of Shraavan and on the third days of the waning and waxing of the moon (Shukla Paksha) within the month of Bhadrapada, in accordance with the Hindu lunar calendar. This yr Teej is being celebrated on July 23 and can mark the day that ladies observe a full day quick for the well-being and well being of their household.

Though in all essence, the competition of Teej has the identical significance for individuals everywhere in the nation, the mythology of how at the present time got here to be celebrated is a matter of lore that has been handed down by means of generations. From Hariyali Teej in Punjab and Rajasthan, to Kajari Teej within the Uttar Pradesh and components of Madhya Pradesh, and Hartalika Teej additional south; every of those completely different celebrations have developed their very own rituals by means of the course of time.

Hariyali Teej will get its identify from the abundance of greenery we see in nature after the rains. It is supposed to symbolise the richness and contentment of a fortunately married life. Kajari Teej is also called Boorhi Teej, and through this celebration ladies pray to Lord Shiva within the type of tune, asking for a husband in order that they will have a good time the event of Teej correctly at their in-laws’ houses.

Ghewar, coconut laddoos, sabudana kheer and aloo halwa are a number of the sweets ready and consumed throughout this competition.

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