Hartalika Teej falls on the third day of the first fortnight of Bhadra. The day moves forward with colorful rituals and customs. Like Kajli Teej, a special prayer is narrated at the end of the day to pay homage to deities especially Goddess Parvati.
Hartalika Teej is three day celebration fast festival. On day one women receive teej sohag
from father in law (New saree, shirngar, sweets and fruits) for pooja. Women get mehndi
done their hands. One auspicious day of hartalika teej fasting women should wear new saree.
Day two is fasting day which starts from 4 o'clock morning, before starting fats fasting
women should eat some fulling food and watery fruit so that she does get dehydrated.After
eating some food fasting women should take bath if possible putting some safed till on her
head.One you took bath your fast start which is without food and water i.e nirjala vrat.
Fasting women should wear new saree, jwelerry, bindi, kajal, aalta (mahaur), mehndi and
makeup. Women should get ready like newly web women.You can visit temple with your husband
to take blessing to start this auspicious day.
Pooja Preparation
If you have Parvati Mata (Druga Maa) murti then you can use that for your pooja or if you do not have one you can make murti with clay or photo will also do.
1. You need durga maa murti, bhagwan shankar murti, bhagwan ganesh murti for pooja.
2. you need banana leaf (kele ka patta) 4 nos and tie them to four legs of table (patla/pidha)
3. Cover the top of table with red cottan cloth and decorate table with flower petals. You can decorate floor and you house door step with making rangoli.
4. place durga maa murti in between, ganesha murti infront of durga maa murti and bhagwan
shankar murti on right hand side of maa durga murti.
5. Offer bath to the murti, clean murti, offer itter(perfum), put cloths on (chunri), office flower mala and offer haldi, kumkum and rice
6. lite the diya with pur desi ghee. This diya is symbol of your devotion to this vrat make sure this diya is lite for whole night (Akhand Jyoti till your fast finishes)
7. Do aarti with your whole family
8. lisent to the hartalika teej katha and if possible make read the kath by elder family member like mother in law or your husband.
9. After katha finishes take blessing from goddes and take blessing from elder family member
10. Offer 13 types of sweet and some gift like saree or money to elder women in the family (mother in law)
It is advised that even though it is nirjala vrat but u should have some prasad and some water in one go so that in future you have to take any kind of medicine, you can take it. if you missed this vrat you can not continue again but if newly wed give anything out of her first teej vrat suhag received from father in law then you can again continue to take up this fast.
Hartalika Teej is three day celebration fast festival. On day one women receive teej sohag
from father in law (New saree, shirngar, sweets and fruits) for pooja. Women get mehndi
done their hands. One auspicious day of hartalika teej fasting women should wear new saree.
Day two is fasting day which starts from 4 o'clock morning, before starting fats fasting
women should eat some fulling food and watery fruit so that she does get dehydrated.After
eating some food fasting women should take bath if possible putting some safed till on her
head.One you took bath your fast start which is without food and water i.e nirjala vrat.
Fasting women should wear new saree, jwelerry, bindi, kajal, aalta (mahaur), mehndi and
makeup. Women should get ready like newly web women.You can visit temple with your husband
to take blessing to start this auspicious day.
Pooja Preparation
If you have Parvati Mata (Druga Maa) murti then you can use that for your pooja or if you do not have one you can make murti with clay or photo will also do.
1. You need durga maa murti, bhagwan shankar murti, bhagwan ganesh murti for pooja.
2. you need banana leaf (kele ka patta) 4 nos and tie them to four legs of table (patla/pidha)
3. Cover the top of table with red cottan cloth and decorate table with flower petals. You can decorate floor and you house door step with making rangoli.
4. place durga maa murti in between, ganesha murti infront of durga maa murti and bhagwan
shankar murti on right hand side of maa durga murti.
5. Offer bath to the murti, clean murti, offer itter(perfum), put cloths on (chunri), office flower mala and offer haldi, kumkum and rice
6. lite the diya with pur desi ghee. This diya is symbol of your devotion to this vrat make sure this diya is lite for whole night (Akhand Jyoti till your fast finishes)
7. Do aarti with your whole family
8. lisent to the hartalika teej katha and if possible make read the kath by elder family member like mother in law or your husband.
9. After katha finishes take blessing from goddes and take blessing from elder family member
10. Offer 13 types of sweet and some gift like saree or money to elder women in the family (mother in law)
It is advised that even though it is nirjala vrat but u should have some prasad and some water in one go so that in future you have to take any kind of medicine, you can take it. if you missed this vrat you can not continue again but if newly wed give anything out of her first teej vrat suhag received from father in law then you can again continue to take up this fast.
