Hartalika Teej is likely one of the most necessary festivals for married Hindu girls in India. Celebrated yearly within the month of Bhadra (August-September), it’s noticed for the well-being of husbands and marital concord. Hartalika Teej is well known with nice fervour and enthusiasm by married and single girls, who quick for the entire day and worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
This 12 months will probably be no completely different and Hartalika Teej will probably be celebrated on September 18, 2023. As per the normal Hindu calendar, it’s celebrated on the third day of Tritiya Shukla Paksha (the intense lunar fortnight). The day coincides with the Teej competition celebrated in different elements of India corresponding to Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Shubh Muhurat
As per Drig Panchang, the shubh muhurat of Hartalika Teej Puja 2023 will start at 06:07 AM and can finish at 08:34 AM. The Haritalika Teej Tritiya Tithi will start at 11:08 AM on September 17 and can finish at 12:39 PM on September 18, 2023.
Puja Vidhi
The principle ritual related to Hartalika Teej is fasting. Married girls gown up of their greatest attire and adorn themselves with jewelry and vermilion, as they provide prayers to Goddess Parvati looking for her blessings for an extended and affluent married life. To make sure a secure journey for his or her husbands throughout their travels, girls additionally search her blessings on this present day.
The muhurat or auspicious time for observing the quick begins within the morning when ‘abhishek’ or holy bathtub of Goddess Parvati is carried out. Throughout this ritual, water blended with vermilion, sandalwood paste, kumkum, flower petals and holy basil leaves is obtainable to the goddess. After this, a lamp or ‘deep’ is lit in entrance of the idols of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, which is embellished with flowers, fruits, sweets and garments. This lamp symbolises divine data and is alleged to convey prosperity to those that mild it.
After providing prayers to Goddess Parvati, married girls break their quick by consuming ‘prasad’ or choices made to the goddess. The ‘prasad’ consists of ‘halwa’ or candy porridge made from wheat flour, butter and sugar together with puris (fried bread) and sabudana (tapioca pearls) khichdi. Aarti or devotional hymns are additionally sung right now.
The evening previous to Hartalika Teej witnesses many rituals corresponding to ‘udal kalash puja’ or worship of an earthen pot crammed with water that symbolises fertility. Girls additionally observe a night-long quick or ‘vrat’ from sundown until dawn. On this present day, married girls carry out pooja by providing flowers, sweets and sandalwood paste to Goddess Parvati whereas chanting mantras devoted to her.
Mantra for worshipping Goddess Parvati
Om Umayai Namah, Om Parvityai Namah, Om Jagaddhatrayai Namah, Om Jagatpratishthayai Namah, Om Shantirupinyai Namah, Om Shivayai Namah.
Mantra for worshipping Lord Shiva
Om Harai Namah, Om Maheshwaraya Namah, Om Shambhwe Namah, Om Shoolpanaye Namah, Om Pinakavrushe Namah, Om Shivaay Namah, Om Pashupataye Namah, Om Mahadevaya Namah
The mantra symbolises devotion to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and is used to ask for her blessings for marital bliss and the well-being of relations. After finishing the pooja, girls break their quick by consuming ‘prasad’ or choices made to the goddess.
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