About Hariyali Teej
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- 🙏 Deity: Goddess Parvati (Teej Mata), Lord Shiva
- 📅 Hariyali Teej 2026 date:
- ⏳ Duration: 1 day (sunrise to moonrise/evening)
- 🌙 Lunar month: Shravan
- 🗺️ Celebrated in: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar
Hariyali Teej, also known as Green Teej or Shravani Teej, is the opening celebration of the three great Teej festivals observed by Hindu women across North India. Celebrated on Shravan Shukla Tritiya — the third day of the bright fortnight in the monsoon month of Shravan — this festival coincides with the lush greening of the earth, which gives it the name "Hariyali" (meaning green or verdant). The festival is a joyous celebration of the arrival of the monsoon, the reunion of Goddess Parvati with Lord Shiva, and the devotion of women for their husbands' well-being.
The occasion is marked by a day-long fast undertaken by married women for the health, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands, and by unmarried girls seeking a good husband like Lord Shiva. Women dress in green clothing — the colour of nature and new beginnings — adorn themselves with green bangles, and apply intricate mehndi (henna) patterns on their hands and feet. The streets come alive with women and girls gathering around swings hung from trees, singing traditional Teej songs that celebrate the monsoon, love, and the divine union of Shiva and Parvati. In Rajasthan, the festival is celebrated with particular grandeur, featuring colourful processions, folk performances, and the famous Teej idol procession.
Mythologically, Hariyali Teej commemorates the day Goddess Parvati, after 108 births of penance and austerity, was finally reunited with Lord Shiva in holy matrimony. This divine love story is the spiritual heart of the festival. Women break their fast in the evening after performing puja and seeing the moon or their husband's face. The festival beautifully interweaves nature worship, marital devotion, and feminine celebration in a vibrant expression of Hindu culture.
Significance of Hariyali Teej
Hariyali Teej holds deep spiritual, natural, and cultural significance:
Deities worshipped on Hariyali Teej
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Lord Shiva
Lord Shiva is worshipped as Parvati's divine consort on Hariyali Teej
The Supreme Destroyer and Transformer of the Universe — The Adiyogi, Lord of Lords, and the First Yogi.
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Goddess Durga
Goddess Parvati in her Teej Mata form is the presiding deity of this festival
The Invincible Mother Goddess — Supreme Feminine Power who destroys evil, protects the righteous, and embodies the divine energy of the entire universe.
View deity →Hariyali Teej is presided over by Goddess Parvati, worshipped in her form as Teej Mata — the benevolent mother goddess who embodies love, fidelity, and feminine grace. Parvati is the ideal of wifely devotion: she performed 108 lifetimes of penance to win Lord Shiva as her husband, and her perseverance is celebrated on this day.
Lord Shiva is the co-deity of Hariyali Teej. As Parvati's divine consort, Shiva represents the eternal masculine energy — destruction and renewal, asceticism and passionate love. The worship of Shiva-Parvati together on this day invokes blessings for harmonious and enduring marriages.
In some regional traditions, Lord Vishnu is also worshipped on this day as the preserver of family and marital harmony. The festival falls in the sacred month of Shravan, which is dedicated entirely to Lord Shiva, amplifying the spiritual potency of all rituals performed during this period.
How to celebrate Hariyali Teej 2026
1. Wake up early, take a bath, and wear green clothing and green bangles.
2. Apply mehndi (henna) on hands and feet — ideally done the previous night for deeper colour.
3. Adorn yourself with traditional jewellery and sindoor (for married women).
4. Set up the puja area with idols or images of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva.
5. Offer green items: green bangles, green cloth, green vegetables, and seasonal flowers.
6. Light a ghee lamp and incense sticks before the deities.
7. Read or listen to the Hariyali Teej Vrat Katha (story of Parvati's penance).
8. Offer fruits, sweets (especially ghevar and gujiya), and betel leaves.
9. Sing traditional Teej songs (geet) and participate in swing (jhula) festivities.
10. Apply turmeric and sandalwood paste to the idol of Parvati.
11. In the evening, perform aarti to Parvati-Shiva and seek blessings.
12. Married women look at their husband's face or the moon before breaking the fast.
13. Break the fast with fruits, milk-based sweets, and a meal prepared at home.
14. Distribute prasad among family members and neighbours.
Rituals & regional traditions
Spiritual benefits
Mantras & sacred chants
Om Namah Shivaaya Parvatipataye Namah (ॐ नमः शिवाय पार्वतीपतये नमः) — Salutation to Shiva, the lord of Parvati; this combined mantra is chanted during Teej puja to invoke the blessings of the divine couple for marital happiness.
Om Hrim Shreem Parvatidevyai Namah (ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं पार्वतीदेव्यै नमः) — The beej mantra of Goddess Parvati combining the seed sounds of Maya (Hrim) and Lakshmi (Shreem); chanted by women seeking blessings for love, beauty, and a blessed marriage.
Gauri Shankarau Vande Sarva Mangala Karanam (गौरी शंकरौ वन्दे सर्व मङ्गल कारणम्) — I bow to Gauri (Parvati) and Shankara (Shiva), the cause of all auspiciousness; a prayer for the well-being of the marital union.
Hariyali Teej 2026 — FAQs
Hariyali Teej 2026 falls on Monday, August 17, 2026. It is observed on Shravan Shukla Tritiya, the third day of the bright fortnight in the sacred month of Shravan.
Hariyali Teej celebrates the reunion of Goddess Parvati with Lord Shiva after ages of devotion and penance. It also marks the arrival of the monsoon season. Women observe a fast for their husband's long life and well-being.
Key rituals include wearing green clothes and bangles, applying mehndi, swinging on jhulas, singing Teej songs, worshipping Parvati-Shiva, listening to the Teej vrat katha, and breaking the fast in the evening.
Hariyali Teej vrat mein subah snan karke haree saree aur choodiyaan pehnein, Parvati-Shiva ki puja karein, Teej katha sunein, jhula jhoolein, aur shaam ko chandrama ya pati ka mukh dekhkar vrat todein.
Hariyali Teej is Shravan Shukla Tritiya — a festive, joyous fast with swings and mehndi. Hartalika Teej is Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya — a much stricter nirjala fast (no food, no water) with all-night vigil, considered the most austere of the three Teej festivals.
Green symbolises the lush monsoon earth, fertility, prosperity, and new life. The word Hariyali means greenery. Women wear green to celebrate nature's renewal and to honour Goddess Parvati who is associated with natural abundance.
Ghevar — a disc-shaped Rajasthani sweet made of flour, ghee, and sugar syrup — is the most iconic Teej sweet. Gujiya, malpua, and kheer are also commonly prepared. Families send ghevar as Sinjara gifts to married daughters.
Married women traditionally observe a full-day fast for their husband's longevity, and unmarried girls fast for a good husband. The fast is broken in the evening after puja. It is less strict than Hartalika Teej — water and fruits are generally permitted.
