Teej Festival

Teej festival denotes the commencement of the Sawan (the months of monsoon). The festival is organized for two days in the Hindu month of Shravan, which usually falls in July-August and is dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva. The festival is basically celebrated in pink city of Jaipur where the devotees make their prayer to Goddess Parvati and request her blessings for marital bliss and happiness.

Marked by a huge procession taken out in the city, the Teej Festival of Jaipur is indicative sign of commencement of monsoon rains fall on the parched land where the pleasing scent of the wet soil rises into the air. Swings are hung from trees and bejeweled with flowers. Young girls and women dressed in green clothes, sing songs in celebration of the initiation of the monsoon. The festival is celebrated in Jaipur for two consecutive days and it begins with elaborate procession which is watched by people in large numbers. An idol of Teej (covered by a canopy), is placed along with the idol of Gangaur (Goddess Parvati), whereas the Gangaur idol is open. The Teej idol is magnificently ornamented and bejeweled with bright clothes. The procession, which begins from the City Palace as its starting point, goes on for two consecutive days.

The Rajasthan Sawan Teej Festival (as it begins in rainy season just after the boiling heat of May June) is also a celebration of the freedom from the scorching heat. The soothing drop of rains falling on the dry and scorched land, along with the pleasant smell of the wet soil discharges us from the unbearable heat of the summers. On the occasion of this festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, young girls and women be dressed in bright and colorful clothing and they welcome the monsoon season by singing traditional songs and celebrate its onset.