Why We Celebrate Hartalika Teej 2025: Date, history, significance, celebration in India

Hartalika Teej 2025: Here’s all you need to know about the date, history, significance and celebration of this Hindu festival in India in the monsoon season.

Celebrated on the third day of the bright half of the North Indian lunar month, Hartalika Teej is one of the three Teej including Hariyali Teej and Kajri Teej that are celebrated throughout India by Hindu women. The Indian monsoon brings along with it this most popular Hindu festival which is celebrated in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Here is all you need to know about the date, history, significance and celebration of Hartalika Teej 2021 in India in the monsoon season:

Date:

Hartalika Teej falls a month after the celebration of Hariyali Teej in India and mostly a day before Ganesh Chaturthi. The day is celebrated on Shukla Paksha Tritiya of the Hindu month of Bhadrapud, that is the third day of the bright half of the North Indian lunar month.

This year, Hartalika Teej falls on August 11, 2021.

History:

According to mythology, Goddess Parvati’s friend had once taken her into a forest so that her father would not be able to marry her to Vishnu against her wishes. Parvati requested her friend to kidnap her after her father, Himalaya, promised her hand in marriage to Vishnu.