Hartalika Teej 2021: Celebrated on the third day of the brilliant half of the North Indian lunar month, Hartalika Teej is among the three Teej together with Hariyali Teej and Kajri Teej which might be celebrated all through India.
The Indian monsoon brings together with it this hottest Hindu competition which is widely known within the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Know the date, historical past, significance and celebration of Hartalika Teej 2021 in India within the monsoon season:
Hartalika Teej falls a month after the celebration of Hariyali Teej in India and principally a day earlier than Ganesh Chaturthi. The day is widely known on Shukla Paksha Tritiya of the Hindu month of Bhadrapud, that’s the third day of the brilliant half of the North Indian lunar month.
This year, Hartalika Teej falls on August 11, 2021.
According to mythology, Goddess Parvati’s friend had once taken her into a forest so that her father would not be able to marry her to Vishnu against her wishes. Parvati requested her friend to kidnap her after her father, Himalaya, promised her hand in marriage to Vishnu.
Parvati wanted to save this marriage from taking place since she had performed severe austerity along the banks of the river Ganga to have Shiva as her husband. After the planned abduction, Parvati performed penance in a thick forest and immersed herself in the adoration of Shiva for many years.
Being an ascetic, Shiva did not know about her before but he finally took notice of her devotion. Appearing before her in his divine form, Shiva agreed to marry her.
Hartalika Teej: Date, Shubh Muhurat, Significance, and Vrat Vidhi
The phrase Hartalika is derived from ‘Harat’ and ‘Aalika’ which suggests ‘kidnapping of a woman friend’. Hindu devotees imagine that it was on the day of Hartalika Teej that Shiva accepted Parvati as his spouse after her 108 re-births.
On today, married Hindu girls observe Nirjala Vrat or a quick the place they neither eat nor drink all through the day. Seeking the wellness of their husband, kids and their very own self, the ladies quick for day lengthy.
The devotees pray to makeshift statues of Parvati and Shiva for marital bliss, concord and progeny to mark the competition since it’s devoted to Parvati’s reunion with Shiva as per Hindu mythology. The prayers are carried out throughout a particular time interval the place the morning interval or the Pratahkal Hartalika Puja Muhurat is meant to be auspicious for providing prayers to Parvati.