The monsoons are welcome the dry land of Rajasthan and Northern India with the fragrance of the wet soil and blooming flowers. Teej is said to be the festival of swings, which are hung from the trees and decked with flowers.

The festival is mainly for the ladies who dress themselves in green clothes, apply henna, dress up in finery, look their stunning best and sing songs. They worship Goddess Parvati for conjugal bliss and marital happiness. A huge procession is taken out in Jaipur in which the idol of Teej is covered with a canopy while the Gangaur idol (representing Goddess Parvati) is open.

All over Rajasthan, Swings are hung from trees and decorated with leaves and flowers. Ladies and girls can be seen enjoying on these swings, playing games, singing folk songs and applying Mehendi (henna) on their palms.

The special mithai prepared for Teej is “Ghewar” and these days you get a good variety of “Ghewar” like Kesar, Khoya, Dry Fruits etc..

According to Hindu mythology, in the month of Shravan, Goddess Parvati reunited with Lord Shiva after a penance of hundred years. In her 108th birth, Lord Shiva realized her devotion for him and accepted her as his wife. This legend is said to be the basis of Teej celebrations.

At the time of Teej, large number of crafts bazaars and food courts mushroom in the city, displaying different forms of crafts, clothes, bangles, mehndi which are also available for selling.

Traditional Teej Dinners are organized for the daughters of the house and they are showered with gifts & mithais.

We had our Teej Dinner on Saturday at my husbands maternal grandmothers house and it was loads of fun meeting all relatives, all dressed up, lots of fun and laughter and great food too !!! My daughter was the most thrilled of all dressed in a traditional Lehnga with freshly applied Mehndi and matching bangles, she looks absolutely stunning and sooo big, my god, daughters grow up so fast   She was also thrilled to meet her cousins and play with them !!!

So it’s a great opportunity to experience one of the many colors of India

After all the torturous heat and Ac’s being on 24X7, we the Delhiites have some respite with the weather coming down by around 9 degrees or so and the rain gods having mercy and pouring all night long last nite. Also the entire day today has been great weather to make one wanna sit back on the porch and read a book or listen to some great music and enjoy hot pakodas and coffee…well that’s all really if we are lucky to bunk office and make merry…how many of us are super lucky to be able to do that ? !!!
Now what are the amazing things we could actually do in this great weather?
• Take a walk down India Gate and eat ice cream….remember half of Delhi would be there too with their pressure cookers whistling away to glory. I m dead serious alrite 
• Take your kid out to the park, splash in the mud, get all muddled up and come back home and enjoy a shower together…..wow how inventive can I get 
• Visit the Buddha Jayanti Park with your loved one and enjoy the wet grass.
• Gear up in your raincoats and gumboots along with the naughty brats and see who stomps more puddles…trust me its one of the most fun things to do.
• Get your camera’s out and go click click click…… the world absolutely has a newly washed look !!
• Go crab or frog hunting…… trust me, we loved doing this as kids !!
• Open up all your windows and let the rain come in, feel the moment, put on loud music and dance to the grooves…… its bliss !!
• Make paper boats and float them in the small rivulets of water…come on haven’t we all done this as kids !!!
Okie I m thru with my ideas !! ur turn now ……. Enlighten me 