Teej rituals

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Can anyone help me to explain the items needed and rituals of Teej..

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Here's how it all goes...

Teej Customs and Rituals

Teej festival calls for performance of all rituals seriously if one wants to be blessed with marital bliss.

1. Shrinjhara
Married women to return to their parents' home at the time of Teej.

Married women and engaged girls get lot of presents from their father- in-law as per Teej customs.
A traditional gift package called 'Shrinjhara' or 'Sindhare' is gifted to their daughter-in-law.
This traditional name originated from the Hindi word shringaar meaning adornment.
Shrinjhara package consists of Ghewar (sweet), traditional laheria dress (tie & dye), henna and lac bangles.

2. Baya
Baya is another traditional package given to women observing fast on Teej. It includes dry fruits, mathris, new clothes, bangles and jewelry.
It is given by mothers of the newly wed girls on the Teej Festival day.

3. Teej Fast
The most important ritual of Teej Festival is Teej Fast.
Women and unmarried girls keep fast for long and healthy life of their husband.
Teej fast goes for 24 long hours.
It is the most rigorous fast in which a woman neither drinks nor eats.

4. Tradition of Lighting a Lamp
As per the ritual of Teej fasting, a woman should keep an oil lamp lit all night. If the oil lamp dies away, it is considered a bad omen.

5. Goddess Parvati
The most important ritual of Teej is to bedeck Parvati Mata and carry out auspicious processions on the streets. Idol of Goddess Parvati is decorated with fine jewelry and new colorful clothes. The fasting day of Teej is very vital as women pray to Goddess for marital bliss and happy life.

6. Tradition to Adorn Oneself
On Teej, both married and unmarried girls dress up in traditional colored clothes. Women are usually seen in auspicious red, green and yellow colored lehangas, suits and sarees.

7. Mehandi and Alta
The most important ritual is to beautify hands with special mehandi designs and alta.

8. Jewelry
Ladies also wear gold and diamond jewelery on this occassion.

9. Swings
Last but not the least, swings are the common sight when Teej is near. Beautifully decorated swings are hung from trees in the garden and gaily dressed up women swing and sing traditional Teej songs. Some women also dance while singing the holy songs.

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I have some more doubts yar..

3. Teej Fast
The most important ritual of Teej Festival is Teej Fast.
Women and unmarried girls keep fast for long and healthy life of their husband.
Teej fast goes for 24 long hours.
It is the most rigorous fast in which a woman neither drinks nor eats.

@@@@ When to start fasting and completing

Tradition of Lighting a Lamp
As per the ritual of Teej fasting, a woman should keep an oil lamp lit all night. If the oil lamp dies away, it is considered a bad omen

@@@ should we do it in the morning as well as evening

@@@@@@@@ What are the food items especially sweets to be prepared?

Please let me know these also.

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Hi Shiji...

1. TEEJ FAST

The fast starts on the previous night at 0000hrs( midnight).
And it goes on till, the moon is seen the next night.
After the day-long fast for longevity of their soul mate is over, women drink water and eat some healthy food. Many husbands make their wife drink water with their hands.

2. LIGHTING THE LAMP

The lamp, once lit after the puja early in the morning, keeps burning the whole day and the entire night till the next morning puja. The woman should make sure that the lamp is well lit, and does not die or it would be a bad omen.

3. SWEETS DURING TEEJ

Food mainly prepared during teej is, Kheer, Puri, and Ghewar.
Ghewar a delicious sweet from the state of Rajasthan is a treat to the taste buds. It is a very popular sweet even outside Rajasthan and usually served as dessert. Ghewar sweet known for its matchless sweetness comes in varieties such as plain, desi ghee, paneer and mawa.


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