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Hariyali Teej
The monsoon Teej of north India, with green sarees, glass bangles, henna and swings hung from trees.
What is worn for Hariyali Teej
Hariyali Teej falls on the third day of the bright fortnight of Shravana, in the rains. It celebrates the union of Shiva and Parvati. Women dress in green, the colour of the monsoon landscape: green sarees or lehengas, green glass bangles and henna on the hands. They fast, pray, sing and swing on ropes tied to trees, and mothers send gifts called sindhara to their married daughters. In Rajasthan the leheriya, a saree dyed in wave-like diagonal stripes, is worn for Teej and the monsoon. The festival is kept widely in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi.
The sarees
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Teej" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source