Teej Festival in Udaipur

Teej Festival in Udaipur – A Colorful Celebration

Udaipur is a city with heritage hotels, palaces and monuments while several tourists visit this city around the year.
       The Teej Festival of Udaipur is one such colorful celebration where several traditional local people take part and celebrate the festival and visitors and tourists watch

                                                                                                                                             This is one of the most lively and active celebration time to visit Rajasthan to be part of the Teej Festival. Women not only dress in green showing the start of monsoon season but all colors of freshness as in newly weds. . There are number of stalls showcasing the culture of Rajasthan.

 Teej Fairs
          Teej fairs are held in number of cities in Rajasthan. Most impressive ones take place in Udaipur. Whole city is immersed in the color of the festival. Handicrafts, traditional Rajasthani dresses and junk jewelry are some of the major attractions for tourists visiting the fairs. Other attractions of the Jaipur Teej fair is the traditional Rajasthani mehndi.



                                              Teej, a three-day-long Hindu festival, is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It falls in the month of Shravana or Sawan and Bhadrapada or Bhado, that corresponds to the Indian monsoon season of July - August - September. The exact day on which it is celebrated is determined by the moon’s cycle.

 History of Teej Festival

             This is celebrated in several parts of Rajasthan but most lively in the city of Udaipur. The festival is held at   monsoon season and is not on a particular date each year.
      Although, both men and women participate the festival it mostly involves women in  the processions and preparations. There are also three types of Teej Festivals known as Kajari Teej, Hartline Teej & Hariyali Teej. In Udaipur,


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