Teej actually signifies "third" and the third day after moonless night of Srawan Month of Hindu date-book is a propitious festival of Teej. Teej is the greatest celebration for Hindu ladies of Nepal. The celebration falls either in late July or toward the beginning of August as per Gregorian logbook. The celebration that recognizes Goddess Parvati wedlock with Lord Shiva is watched for everlasting closeness between wedded couples, prosperity of family and purgation of soul and body. A three-day-long celebration permits tasty late night feast and also tests perseverance amid 24 hour long extreme fasting.
Teej Celebration in Nepal
The principal day of Teej, Dar Khane Din (feast day before fasting) commences stupendously. Ladies wedded and unmarried particularly of Chettri and Brahmin ethnical tribes assemble at their maternal territory. Everybody in red and green clothing festooned with adornments assemble at a spot where they appreciate singing and moving. Melodies typically have words that depict the heavenliness and awesome force of Lord Shiva. The musical festival goes till midnight. In the mean time, men of the maternal family have feast for their sisters, nieces, cousins and little girls offering them complete freedom to appreciate this specific day. After the blowout, a 24-hour long quick starts. Teej, a conventional celebration where ladies likewise express their agonies through the verses of the tunes they sing while moving.
The second day of Teej is a fasting day. A few ladies experience intense fasting (24 hours without sustenance and water) while others favor fluids and organic products. Both wedded and unmarried ladies attempt fasting. Hitched ladies quick for the gifts of longlife, peace and thriving of their significant other and family. Unmarried quick to be honored with legitimate spouse. Ladies sing and move to the adjacent Shiva Temple to be a piece of mass fasting, move and music.
The Final day of the celebration is Rishi Panchami-a day devoted to heavenly holy people (Rishi alludes to holy people). After finishing of supplication the earlier day ladies fulfill seven holy people offering them nourishment, cash and distinctive endowments. They additionally offer petitions to holy person gods washing with red mud, and brushing with datiwan (a kind of shrub tree). This last custom of Teej purges body and soul of ladies liberating them from every one of their wrongdoings.
Teej in Pashupatinath
This sanctuary committed to Shiva is painted red and green all through amid Teej. A few hundred thousand Hindu ladies throng to Pashupatinath. It would seem that ladies hold 99% of aggregate populace of Kathmandu. All over the place we see ladies and young ladies in wonderful red and green clothing types holding up to enter the sanctuary. Inside the sanctuary thousands stand in a line to enter primary sanctuary of Pashupatinath, thousands accumulate at a spot to hit the dance floor with the music and another thousands are pondering to make sense of what to do next. It would seem that a universe of ladies fan fasting hard for the life span and success of their men and family. One of a kind as it were ladies celebrate however love a male divinity and hardship of fasting ladies languish is credited over prosperity of men.
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