How Teej is a Progressive Festival..! Why do we celebrate it?
Did you know all the logic and science behind Hindu Festivals?
NewsBharati 30-Aug-2022 09:00:00 AM
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Every Hindu Festival has some sort of logic and reason behind it. And “Hartalika Teej” is one of them. An important festival celebrated just one day prior to Ganpati Agaman. Every married lady (And young girls as well in some parts of Maharashtra) Celebrates this festival with lots of happiness and faith in Shankar Parvati. On this day, Women worship Bhagavan Shankar and Mata Parvati and keep a fast for the long life of their husbands. They perform Pooja and Various rituals. And it is the symbol of love in India.
We don’t need a Taj mahal to show the symbol of love. We have our own “Teej” and “Vatsavitri” to celebrate love. Isn’t that beautiful?
So why “Teej” is an important festival in Hindu tradition?
1. Why do we celebrate Teej? : Whenever you read the Hartalika Teej Katha, you will find this day is celebrated as Teej because Mata Parvati wanted to marry Bhagwan Shiva and for that she went through a tough “Tapasya” on the Himalayas. And because of this Tapasya, she got Bhagavan Shiva as her husband and now we worship Shiva Parvati together. This day is to celebrate the bond between married couples and their long lives.
2. Fasting on Teej: You must have seen many people, making fun of Hindu traditions and rituals. Fasting is one of them where people do make fun of it, however, fasting has a scientific logic behind it. Fasting is for detoxing your body for one day. And that’s why married women who are fasting don’t even take a sip of water on this day. After the Pooja and all the rituals, they take the first sip of water from their husband's hands. Just like Karwachauth (A Punjabi / Rajasthani ritual). Fasting improves your gut health and helps your digestive system to perform better. However, there is no compulsion for “Nirjala Fasting” if your body can’t sustain it, you can skip that. Nowadays husbands also keep a fast for their wives. Which is a great change we are seeing in our society. It is advised for pregnant women not to keep a fast on this day.
3. Solah Singar: As it is said, married women observe this fast, and Solah Singar is one of the major aspects of being married. It shows the beauty of the fasting / nonfasting married woman. She does all the Shringar by wearing Mangalsutra, Bichhiya, Bindi, Sindoor, and All sorts of ornaments. While people may call it backward, all the things included in solah singar protect your health. Wearing Bichhiya is extremely great for your uterus health and regular periods, Wearing mangalsutra helps in developing a healthy immune system. It helps in regularising blood pressure. Wearing Bindi decreases stress, the strain on eyes, fatigue and insomnia. And wearing sindoor enhances the power of concentration for women by removing the unwanted water in the forehead region. According to Ayurveda, applying sindoor activates the chakras in the forehead leading to the flow of positive energy. That’s why before calling all the Hindu rituals regressive, understand the science and logic behind them. While you are fasting it is even more important to keep your health in check and Solah Singar helps you to do that.
Hartalika Teej is a progressive festival as it promotes the love and understanding between the couple now days the compulsion of everything is reduced and men and women fast together and celebrate this day of togetherness together. So before calling this festival regressive, know the story, the science, and the logic behind this fast and all the rituals.
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- Niharika Pole Sarwate
Niharika Pole Sarwate
Niharika Pole Sarwate became a journalist to voice her opinion for the right. She has been working as journalist for more than five years now. Art, Culture, Youth, Nation are her areas of work. Social media has strong power and she is on a mission to utilise it for the betterment of the society.