Hariyali Teej 2025: Know The Significance of Wearing Green On This Festival

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Hariyali Teej 2025: A day dedicated to celebrating the union of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati is hailed as Hariyali Teej, observed every year in the Shravan month. The festival celebrates the love, devotion, and marital bliss shared by the god and goddess. 

People across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh celebrate Hariyali Teej with complete aplomb, observing fasts and dressing up for the prayers. 

When is Hariyali Teej 2025?

Celebrated on the third day after the new moon in the month of Shraavana/Sawan, Hariyali Teej will be celebrated on 27th July this year.

The devotees honor the union of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati by fasting, prayers, rituals, and joyous festivities. Teej is a high-spirited festival when married and unmarried women observe a day-long fast for the well-being of their husbands or to get a loving and devoted husband, as Lord Shiva. 

Women adorn themselves in hues of green to offer prayers to the Shivling or idols of the god and goddess. 

Significance of Wearing Green on Teej

In Hinduism, green is one of the sacred colors worn by married women. A bride is offered green bangles and a dupatta on the occasion of her wedding to signify a blessed marital union. The color is also said to attract prosperity and bring harmony to the life of a married couple. It is a marker of solidifying communion between two people. 

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Green is the color of nature and vitality, representing the lush greenery that comes to life in the monsoon season on the festival of Hariyali Teej. Green thus represents fertility, life, and rebirth- aligning with the essence of the Teej festival.

The color green is also a symbol of the God and Goddess’s union that is based on patience, devotion, and love. 

Besides, ‘Hariyali’ in ‘Hariyali Teej’ stands for greenery in nature during the season of rain or the Sawan month. 

Green holds cultural and spiritual meaning during the festival; therefore, women are seen wearing shades of green on Hariyali Teej. 

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