Hariyali Teej 2025: Date, significance, rituals, all you need to know about it
Hariyali Teej is a Hindu festival especially celebrated in North India, which shows the union of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, and it is celebrated during the rainy season. Both married and unmarried women fast during Hariyai Teej to seek blessings for their marital happiness and their husbands' welfare. Hariyali Teej 2025 Preparations
Teej comes with the melodies of folk songs, the fragrance of mehendi, and the excitement of putting on new clothes, wearing green and red bangles, and doing Shringar. It is a day of fasting, worship, praying to Gauri Shankar in silence, singing geet and worshiping Gauri Shankar. Through all the rituals of singing, dancing and smiling, the life of any women makes round on the rhythm of Teej. It is not only a gala but it is an active narration, the story of love, care and legacy.
Hariyali Teej is not a festival but a history of patience, strength, and undying faith. In Hindu mythology, Goddess Parvati performed severe penance over several years in a bid to earn the love and acceptance of lord Shiva. She made numerous prayers and was extremely devoted to her deity and finally found her answers when Shiva became her partner Why is Haryali Teej so special?
What makes Teej even more special in 2025 is that this will come in the middle of the season of Shravan, when the feeling of devotion is at its highest. The monsoon at full blush, in the greenery of nature, the devotional songs that echo in different houses add to the soul of the festival. It is no longer a mere tradition that women observe, but their way of getting back to history, which preaches inner strength, loyalty, and sweet femininity. We are an evolving culture and Teej reminds us to stop running and stop to think with reverence to the force, which is symbolised in love and prayers. When is Hariyali Teej?
The Hariyali Teej festival shall be celebrated on a Sunday, on 27 July 2025, as per AsperDrik Panchang. The Tritiya Tithi auspicious timings are as follows:
Tritiya Tithi commences:10:41 PM on 26 July 2025
Tritiya Tithi closes:10: 41 PM on27 July 2025 Teej pooja rituals
Teej starts right with the sunrise, where women put on red or green saree and wear bangles and mehendi and make arrangements of shringar to start the day. An idol of Goddess Parvati is kept on a fancy platform, and offerings such as flowers, sweets, and coconut are also presented before the devi.
Puja begins with the lighting of a diya and the singing of devotional songs. Vrat (fast without food) is done by women who are already married to ensure the good health of their husbands, and also by girls who are not married so that they get a good life partner. The day is marked with folk songs, dancing, and swinging on colored jhoolas. Evening aarti and prasad signify the conclusion of the puja and are also a festival of faith, power, and femininity.
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