Teej also known as Haritalika Teej one of the auspicious festival for the nepalese & hindu women. This festive last for 3 days between the end of August or early September according to the hindu calendar it is sukla paksha in Bhado month.
The festive for Hindu married women and girls who have reached youth is ritually mandatory to take part except for ill or physically unfit. Teej is combination of various events during the celebratory three days starting from lavish banquet, feminine Nepalese colourful traditional dress & makeup, dancing and singing, prayer to lord shiva to strict fasting.
The celebration is for blissful marital life and well-being of spouse and family. A priest performs the ritual rites to purify and garnish the achiever’s mind body and soul. The Hindu’s strong believe on the Goddess Parbati’s prayer passionately for the Shree Lord Shiva and her devotion and entreat to become his spouse. Lord eternally felt by her devotion and bond with her as wife for lifetime. The Goddess Parbati, gratitude moralize and disseminate this religious fasting and eternal devotion among hindu women, promising prosperity and longevity of spouse and family. This is the moral of Haritalika Teej
Dar khane din the first day of Teej on this day the women, both married and unmarried who has reached youth, assembled at one place dancing and singing devotional songs followed by the grand feasts especially vegetarian traditional dish, sweets and dairy products. The cheerfulness of Dar Khane Din and feast repeatedly last till midnight.
Second day the strict fasting day for 24-hour, some live without a drop of water while other takes some juice and fruits and pray for Lord Shiva. Woman and girls in the traditional dress & makeup visit the near Lord Shiva temples dancing and singing where devotees circumambulate the Lord Shiva Linga offering holy saying, flowers, fruits, water, milk, sweets, honey, curd and pray for peace and prosperous for own body mind and sole and wellbeing of family. The important part of this day’s zest is the oil lamp which should be alight throughout the night and believed as bad sign if it dies away.
Third and the final day of Teej known as Rishi Panchami celebrated by woman and girls praying various god and goddess by taking bath with Datiwan leaves, Kush and red mud. The traditional bath believe to purify the body mind and sole before praying Lord.
The three day of Teej thus believed and celebrated in the Hindu Nepalese Community as a festive celebration to purify from all the sins and eternally feel the devotion and fasting of Goddess Parbati and union to Lord Shiva.
Happy Teej
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