Hariyali Teej Vrat, also known as Chhoti Teej or Shravana Teej, that held in the monsoon season, is an auspicious occasion to celebrate Maa Parvati’s union with Lord Shiva. Women observe fasts, sing folk songs, enjoy swing, and pray for a happy married life.
Every year, this vrat falls on the third day of the Shukla Paksha in the Shravan month. The day begins at sunrise with women adorning green or red sarees, applying mehendi, and performing traditional shringar. In 2025, this vrat is celebrated on 27th July, 2025.
According to Legends, Parvati Ji took birth 108 times and worshipped Shiva to get him as her husband, and the day he accepted her, marked as Hariyali Teej, is a symbol of divine marital devotion.
Hariyali Teej brings festive vibrance, feminine energy, and spiritual power. It honours Parvati’s unwavering devotion and blesses married life with divine love and longevity. Women apply mehendi, wear a green suit or a saree, and keep nirjala vrat for the full day.
On this day, married women observe a strict fast from sunrise to sunset. As offerings to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, they bathe, change into new, traditionally green clothes, and observe a nirjala fast, apply mehndi, sing traditional songs, and swing on jhoolas.
Women offer red cloth, flowers, fruits, sweets, sindoor, bangles, and mehndi to Maa Parvati. Decorated idols, diya, and sacred chants complete the auspicious Hariyali Teej puja.
Women observe this fast to strengthen love, loyalty, and harmony in marriage. It’s believed that observing this vrat brings longevity and prosperity to the husband and brings spiritual growth to the wife.
After the fast, women relish traditional sweets like ghewar, malpua, kheer, and poori-sabzi. The festival is a delightful blend of devotion and flavourful indulgence.
This vrat begins with an early bath, wearing a green suit or saree, decorating swings, performing puja, and observing a nirjala (no food and water) fast. Break the fast the next morning after prayers and offering food.