Hartalika Teej 2023: Hartalika Teej is celebrated every year on the Tritiya Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Bhadramas and this day women fast for the long life of their husbands. Hartalika Teej will start on September 17 at 11:08 a.m. and will end the next day at around 12:39 p.m. According to the belief of Udaya Tithi, this fast will be observed on 18th September. Hartalika is made up of two words. 'Har' means to abduct and 'Talika' means friend. Parvatiji's friend had kidnapped her from her father's house and taken her to the forest.

Why do married women keep Hartalika Teej fast?
On Hartalika Teej, women keep a fast to worship Lord Ganesha and Shiva-Parvati and pray for the happiness of their married life and family. This fast is observed by remaining waterless and dancing to the songs of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati at night. Unmarried girls observe the fast of Hartalika Teej to get a good life partner and married women observe the fast for the long life of their husbands. On this occasion, women do complete make-up, wear beautiful clothes and jewelry, sing folk songs, and swing together. This traditional festival of attachment to relationships colors life with new enthusiasm and love.

Hartalika Teej Puja Method
Women should start the fast of Hartalika Teej by taking a resolution in the morning. On this day, women should wear new auspicious colored clothes after bathing. After that, women should apply henna on their hands and do complete makeup. On this festival associated with nature and love, women make symbolic statues of Shiva, Parvati, and Shri Ganesha from pure clay and worship them. In the puja, God is worshiped with devotion with roli, rice, flowers, bel leaves, coconut, durva, sweets, etc. We also wish that our lives should always be bound by mutual love like Shiva and Gauri. It is believed that worshiping Mother Parvati and Lord Shiva brings good fortune.

Hartalika Teej Katha
According to Shivmahapuran, Mother Parvati wanted to have Lord Shiva as her husband for many of her births. For this, in his childhood, he performed penance by facing downwards on the banks of the Ganga in the Himalayan Mountains. Mother Parvati did not even consume food and water during this penance. She used to perform penance only by chewing dry leaves. Her parents were very sad to see Mother Parvati in this state. One day Devrishi Narad went to Lord Vishnu's father with a marriage proposal for Parvati. When Mother Parvati was told by her father about their marriage, she became very sad. His father wanted Parvati to get married to Lord Vishnu. On this, her friend advised Mother Parvati to go to the forest. After which Mother Parvati did the same and she went to a cave and got absorbed in the penance of Lord Shiva. On the Tritiya day of Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha, Mother Parvati made Shivlinga from sand and started praising Lord Shiva. After such rigorous penance, Lord Shiva appeared to Mother Parvati and accepted her as his wife.
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