Teej Festival In Rajsamand –

Teej Mela is a festival which is very famous in Rajsamand . This teej festival is dedicated to the Goddess Parvati. The mela festival comes With the Rainy season when nature becomes green and beautiful. This Teej Festival come in the month of August- September. As Hindu religion it comes in the third day of Shrawan [shukla and krishna].

The word Teej denotes the tritiya tithi of the month .An idol or a picture of Parvati and lord shiva installed at every home and Puja is performed in the morning by women .

The women wear bright coloured dressed, apply heena on the palms, sing folk songs, dance, and then celebrate Teej. They do pooja of Lord Shiva and Parvati On this day. At evening women go to the mela and have fun. They purchase some house hold things and get entertained. Teej Mela is specially celebrated on the bank of Banas river in Nathdwara and Kankroli Rajsamand District. In the Teej mela there are lots of Dolar, Chakri and Jhoola are the special held for the entertainment of the ladies and children’s .

On Teej girls receive new clothes from their parents. The girls and women dances in colourful saris, lehngas and chunris. At Kankroli Rajsamand Women go to the nearest garden of rajsamand pal. Many people come here to join the teej festival.