Source: sify.com
JAIPUR, INDIA, August 13, 2010: A colorful procession of the Deity Parvati on the occasion of the Teej festival attracted scores of people here on Thursday. Thousands of locals and hundreds of foreign tourists congregated along the streets to witness the traditional procession of the festival.
The festival — in which married Hindu women pray to Goddess Parvati for marital bliss, well-being of their spouses and children, and purification of one’s own body and soul — dates back to the era of Sekhawats and the other kings who ruled Jaipur. The festival is a three-day-long celebration that falls in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada or Bhado.
A tourist from Germany said the festival was astonishing. “It’s very impressive, so many people gathered, around twenty thousand, that is very impressive to see,” he said.