Major Indian Festivals - Hariyali Teej festival of North India Tour

  Major Indian Festival- Hariyali Teej

India is primarily an agrarian economy, all festivals here are somewhere connected with agriculture, Monsoon brings rains, the rains flood the fields which are then prepared for the coming crop season, This season of rains also brings a change of season, from the scorching heat of the summer months when the temperatures rise to sweltering 40 degrees plus in the plains of North India Tour the weather cools down to be around 30 degrees Celsius. 

 The people rejoice, this festival is a women's festival when women folk celebrate and dance, mythological reference is also associated with this festival, all the Golden Triangle Tour with Indian states celebrate this festival-Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.
This festival is celebrated on the third day of the new moon.


In Punjab every village has a place outside the village where the women folk gather and swings come up on the trunks of thick trees, This entire festival is a strict all-women affair where no men are allowed.

In Hindu mythology, this day is associated with the celestial association of Krishna with her consort Radha and Goddess Parvati with Lord Shiva.


In Uttar Pradesh, the women gather and then sing and dance remembering the association of Shiva and Parvati. No festival is complete in India without mentioning the culinary delights associated with the Taj Mahal Tour by train. Ghevar is the special sweetmeat prepared only in the month of Savan (monsoon month).


The color theme is obviously green and the women are all draped in green, Glass bangles are specially bought and worn to promote auspiciousness and well-being.

For the Agra Tour Packages enjoying these wonderful festivals book a tour of India.



Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

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