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Festival of Teej
This swing festival welcomes the advent of the monsoon.
Swings are hung from trees and decorated with flowers. Women, colourfully
attired, swing on them and sing songs in celebration.
With every drop of first rains; Peacocks dance in ecstasy, spirits soar high
in celebration. Song & dance mark the gaiety of the Teej Festival.
Teej is held on Third day of the moonlight fortnight of the Hindu Month of
Shravan (Mid-July to Mid-August) and marks the advent of the monsoons. The
monsoon rains fall on the parched land and the pleasing scent of the wet
soil rises into the air. The monsoon rains fall on the parched land and the
pleasing scent of the wet soil rises into the air.
Teej is the festival for the daughters of the house. This festival is
dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva.
The festival is also dedicated to Goddess Parvati and commemorates the day
when she was united with Lord Shiva after a penance of a hundred years –
making them a symbol of an ideal marriage. It is believed that invocation of
Parvati’s blessings on this day results in continued marital bliss.