Exquisite 3 day The fasting Festival

Teez Brata: Festival for Women’s only

Teez Brata is three-day festival ends on the fifth day of the waxing moon. Heavy feasting of the first day is followed by a very strict fasting of 24 hours. The fasting, which is called Teez fasting, is performed for the well-being of one’s husband. Even the unmarried girls take part in the rites with great enthusiasm because of the belief that the great god Shiva blessed then enabling them to find a good husband. According to Hindu mythology goddess Parvati performed severe penance on the occasion and she got great god Shiva as her husband. 

The festival ends with Teez puja, in which they invoke the gods on behalf of the husband. Women take both in holy rivers in preparation for the Puja. Flocks of women, dressed in bright red saris and gold ornaments offer worship to Shiva Linga, sacred phallus. This includes the atonement of female sins. The rules for Puja-it is believed were prescribed by the merciful goddess Parvati herself. 

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This Article and upcoming posts are extracted from the book, TOURIST INFORMATION DIRECTORY, 1997. by my Late Father Journalist, Sociologist & Anthropologists, Er. Ramesh Chandra Bandhu Bhattarai.

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