Teej is the festival of swings. It marks the advent of the monsoon month of Shravan (August). The monsoon rains fall on the parched land and the pleasing scent of the wet soil rises into the air.
Swings are hung from trees and decorated
with flowers. Young girls and women dressed in green clothes sing songs in celebration
of the advent of the monsoon.
This festival is dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with
Lord Shiva. Goddess Parvati is worshipped by seekers of conjugal bliss and happiness.
An elaborate procession is taken out in Jaipur for two consecutive days on the festive occasion which is watched by people in large numbers.
The Teej Festival of Jaipur is marked by a huge procession taken out in the city. In the convoy, is placed an idol of Teej (covered by a canopy), along with the idol of Gangaur (representing Goddess Parvati), which is kept in the open.
The Teej idol is beautifully ornamented and adorned with bright clothes. The convoy, which had the City Palace as its starting point, goes on for two successive days.
Regarded as the festival of swings and rains, the Rajasthan Sawan Teej Festival is also a celebration of the freedom from the scorching heat.
The rains falling on the dry and arid land, along with the delightful scent of the wet soil releases us from the intolerable heat of the summers. In the Teej Festival of Jaipur, Rajasthan, young girls and women wear bright and colorful clothing.
They suspend swings, adorned with colorful flowers, from the branches of trees. To welcome the monsoon season, they also sing traditional songs and celebrate its onset. Festivals are the very essence of life for the people of Rajasthan.
Every season is marked with a series of fairs and festivals except the summer months when the blazing sun scorches the earth.
With the arrival of the monsoons the festival season is unleashed. And the most important festival to herald the monsoons is the Teej – reflecting the magic of the rainy season.
The arrival of monsoons is a time for celebration. The parched land, scorched by the blazing summer sun, gets bathed in the first showers.
The depressing landscape, a morbid brown is spontaneously transformed. An intoxicating fragrance of rain soaked sand fills the atmosphere clearing the cloud of dust that veils the sky in the preceding months.
The brown is overtaken by a vibrant green. A cool breeze revives the spirit of the people of the desert state of Rajasthan.
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