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Kajari Teej

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Kajari Teej

Why it is celebrated

Kajari Teej falls on Bhadrapad Krishna Tritiya and is also called Badi Teej and Satudi Teej. Married women worship Shiv and Parvati and keep a fast for their husband's long life and a happy home. In Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Neemdi Mata puja, Kajari songs and swings mark the day.

The story

A poor brahmin and his wife lived in a village. In the month of Bhadon the wife kept the Kajari Teej vrat and said to her husband, 'Please bring some gram sattu so I can break my fast.' He replied, 'But I have no money at all.' She said, 'Bring it somehow, so my vrat is not left incomplete.'

At night the brahmin went to a merchant's shop. Everyone was asleep. He took just enough gram dal, ghee and sugar to make sattu. Just then the servants woke up, there was an uproar, and the merchant caught him.

The brahmin bowed his head and told the whole truth: 'I am not a thief. My wife is keeping the Teej vrat. The moon has risen, and she is waiting for me to bring the sattu.' The merchant saw that he had taken nothing else.

Seeing his honesty and his need, the merchant's eyes filled with tears. He said, 'From today your wife is my sister.' He gave the brahmin sattu, clothes and suhag items and sent him home with respect. Back home, the couple worshipped Kajali Mata and completed the vrat with love.

Puja vidhi

  1. Bathe in the morning and take a sankalp for the vrat; many women keep a waterless fast all day.
  2. Near a wall, make a small pond shape from clay, plant a neem twig at its edge, and offer Neemdi Mata roli, rice, mehendi, kajal and fruit.
  3. Worship Shiv ji and Mata Parvati; offer suhag items to Maa Parvati and bel leaves to Shiv ji.
  4. Listen to the Kajari Teej katha and sing Kajari songs.
  5. At night, when the moon rises, offer it arghya with water.
  6. Offer sattu as bhog, break the fast with it, and take the blessings of elders.

Food

Laddoos of roasted gram, barley or wheat flour (sattu) mixed with ghee and sugar; the fast is broken with these.

Wishes to send

  • Warm wishes on Kajari Teej! May Shiv-Parvati's blessings always be with the two of you.

  • Sawan has gone and Bhadon has come, bringing Kajari Teej along. May your courtyard be full of swings, songs and love.

  • With the sweetness of sattu and the coolness of neem, may your home always be full of love and peace. Happy Kajari Teej!

  • May Mata Parvati's love and patience live in every home. Best wishes on Kajari Teej.

  • Arghya to the moon, faith in the heart: may your vrat end in joy and peace.

  • Lots of Kajari Teej wishes to all my friends! May the mehendi glow, the swings go up and Kajari songs fill the air.

For your status

  • Kajari Teej: swings, songs and faith.

  • Jai Shiv-Parvati.

  • Waiting for the moon, with Kajari Teej love.

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