
TEEJ FESTIVALS
The Teej
festival is an important festival for married women, and much anticipated
monsoon festival. It commemorates the reunion of Lord Shiva and Goddess
Parvati, after she paid a penance of 100 years separation. The invocation of
Parvati's blessing during the festival is believed to bring about continued
marital bliss.
"Teej" refers to the third day after the new moon, and third
day after the full moon, every...