Teej Festival

Celebrate Teej with gaiety and welcome the monsoon with colors, prayers and happiness. Teej is observed in the honor of Goddess Parvati, Lord Shiva's consort who rejoices in her conjugal union with Lord Shiva. Women of Rajasthan assign a very special significance to Teej festivities.

Decked in all their finery, the women in Jaipur anoint their palms and feet with mesmerizing henna patterns, adorn themselves with chunky traditional jewelry and invoke divine blessings for a long and happy married life. Green dominates the bright attires of the women of Jaipur as it signifies fertility, freshness, longevity and joy.

Young girls and women come together and decorate idols of Teej with rich ornaments and traditional attire and place it under a delightfully decorated canopy. Women and girls dance, sing and frolic in the open with the rain streaming down as Jaipur comes alive with traditional swings that are hung from trees in lawns and gardens. Women swing in these as they sing folk songs and participate in the Teej festivities.

The swings are decorated with marigold and other bright flowers and mesmerize you with their divine beauty and fragrant aura. Long cultural processions are organized to celebrate Teej in Jaipur and other parts of Rajasthan, India. The idol of Goddess Parvati or Teej Mata is placed in a stunning palanquin that is carried by men dressed in red along with the procession.

These processions create breath-stopping vistas as they course through the streets of the old city with its pastel pink hues.

The bazaars of Jaipur come alive with bustling activity and general festivities. Shop for brilliantly embroidered traditional clothes, enchanting jewelry, gifts and traditional sweets during the Teej festivities at the bazaars of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.