When the diamond like clean fresh drops of rain does pitter patter on really parched ground, it is a time of pure bliss for some of us, especially to the local people in Rajasthan. And this geological weather change turns up to be a gala event here, creating strings of festivities, and parties that sometime it’s a state of confusion, because the reason to party does not seems to be just one but many, like such as they needed reasons to party and there were many reasons found and they lathered up all of them and celebrated. This already sounds chaotic.

This jubilation is called Teej. And the vital cause of celebrating Teej is to welcome the monsoon. The monsoon quenches the thirsty land and the birds and all the vegetations under the sky and that too in state of Rajasthan, which most of the year is dejected by the gods of rains and mostly is habitual of the dryness. This festival is celebrated in the month of July-August and is also known as Sawan Festival, where Sawan means the monsoons in Hindi language. Now another reason for the celebration is that Teej is dedicated to goddess Parvati and god Shiva also known as Devine Couple and the story goes that Goddess Parvati was united with Lord Shiva on this day. She underwent real strict and hard tapasya or penance and took 108 births on the earth, but failed to have Lord Shiva as her husband till 107th birth. In her 108th birth, Lord Shiva finally realized her devotion and love for him and accepted her as his wife. Till today, the festival of Teej is celebrated to honor the devotion of Goddess Parvati ñ popularly known as TEEJ MATA. So the monsoon festival gets another reason and especially for the women folks, as they pamper themselves, they feast, dance, dress up, put tattoo with mehendi and have a ball. The married women go to their parent’s house and also receive gifts from parent in laws which are considered to be very auspicious. All dress up in red, green or pink ‘leheriya sarees’. The fun and frolic to enjoy the long awaited monsoon is portrayed in the mood of everybody.

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