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Teej Festival
 Location
: Uttar Pradesh
In The Month Of
: August.
Variation Of The Festival
: Hariyali Teej
Prominent Feature
: Women Clad In Green Clothes
This festival is celebrated in the Shukla Paksha of Shravana, coresponding to the month of August. Women put on green clothes, wear green bangles, decorate their palms with green mehendi and sitting on swings, sing songs known as 'savan' and 'kajli
geet'.
A variety of types of food are equipped in the house and wedded women are sent to their parents' houses. Those who cannot go to their parents' houses, express their feeling of melancholy through diverse songs.
Hariyali Teej is the festival of married women and girls. This festival is devoted to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva. Goddess
Parvati is worshipped by seekers of marital bliss and happiness.
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