Teej 2026: Nepal's Great Women's Festival of Red, Fasting and Song

Teej 2026 — what, when, who, where What: A Hindu festival honouring the goddess Parvati and her devotion to Shiva, kept above all by women. When: Haritalika Teej falls on Bhadra Shukla Tritiya — the third day of the bright fortnight of the Nepali month of…

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What Teej actually is

Teej is not a single day but a family of festivals dedicated to Parvati and her consort Shiva. The name covers three related celebrations that fall across the monsoon and its close: Haryali Teej , on the third day after the new moon in the month of Shravana…

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The fast, the feast and the red sari

The heart of Haritalika Teej is the nirjala vrata — a fast kept without food and, most strikingly, without even water, from sunrise through the following day. It is demanding, and it is undertaken willingly and communally. The night before, women gather for…

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Teej and the trekking season

Teej sits right at the hinge of the year. It falls as the monsoon fades and the first clear autumn skies arrive — the very weeks when Nepal's prime trekking season begins to open. Arrive for Teej and you can spend a few days in the Kathmandu Valley soaking up…

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