Hariyali Teej

Culture of origin: Hindu · Cultural

Holiday sources: Hinduism

Hariyali ("green") Teej, on the third day of Shravana in the monsoon, when the land turns green, remembers the day Shiva accepted Parvati as his wife after her years of fasting and austerity. Married women and girls in Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan sing, dance and play on swings hung from trees, colour their hands and feet with henna, wear red, green or orange and often fast, praying for the long life of their husbands or future husbands.