Hariyali Teej 2025: Why Do Women Wear Green Glass Bangles On The Festival?

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Hariyali Teej 2025: Teej or Hariyali Teej is a Hindu festival celebrated by married women or women who pray for a good husband. The festival is a celebration of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati’s union after a long spell of distance, prayers, and fastings by Parvati. A day to cherish the bliss of marital union that the deities represent.

Teej is observed on the third day (Tritiya) of the waxing moon (Shukla Paksha) in the Hindu month of Shravan. This year, the festival of Hariyali Teej falls on 27th June. 

Women are hurrying to complete their shopping for the festival, which includes buying green traditional attire and getting green glass bangles. 

Women adorn themselves in the ‘solah shringar’ or the sixteen adornments representing a married woman. Bangles or chudiya are a significant part of these beauty elements.

Significance of Bangles in ‘Solah Shringar’ 

Bangles are a marker of a woman’s marital status. Glass and gold bangles especially represent harmony and prosperity in a marital union. As a part of the ‘solah shringar, ’ bangles are said to bring good luck and good health in the relationship. It is also a symbol of the vibrant bond the husband and wife share as the tinkling of bangles is often seen as a happy and auspicious sound. 

Why do women wear green bangles on Teej? 

At the festival of Teej, green glass bangles are a mandatory part of the sixteen adornments. Women wear even numbers of glass green bangles in both hands on occasions associated with beauty. Green glass bangles are also believed to have other spiritual benefits. 

Many believe that the tinkling sound of the glass bangles wards off bad luck and removes trouble. Bangles make the environment pure and positive. 

Green bangles are emphasised as green color attracts prosperity and brings harmony to the life of a married couple. 

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

Moreover, wearing bangles is also believed to have positive effects on health. The light pressure of bangles on the wrist improved blood circulation in the body as per Ayurveda.

Spiritually, the tales tell that Goddess Parvati wore green glass bangles on the day of Teej, when she got Lord Shiva as her husband. 

Married women wear green glass bangles on Hariyali Teej as a sacred symbol of marital prosperity and devotion. Glass bangles attract positive vibrations to the women while green symbolises growth, fertility, and happiness in the marriage.  

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