Last updated: October 2026 · Method: compiled from public listings and traveller reports; treat figures as planning aids, not quotations.
Teej is Jaipur’s monsoon festival, celebrating the goddess Parvati’s union with Shiva, and its public face is the royal procession that carries the goddess’s palanquin from the City Palace through the old city streets.
The festival
Hartalika Teej falls in the monsoon month of Sawan or Bhadra, the date moving with the lunar calendar, so check the festival calendar for the year’s date rather than assuming a fixed day. Women dress in green, ride swings hung from trees, and fast through the day, the temple-circuit peak the temple pages describe at Bikaner scale.
The procession
The Teej Sawari sets out from the City Palace with the idol on a decorated palanquin, elephants, bands and dancing groups, working through the old city gates along the route the heritage-walk guide covers on foot. The procession approach from Udaipur’s own royal festivals applies: the route is traditional, the crowds thicken near the palace gates, and balconies beat street level for viewing.
Etiquette for visitors
- The procession is worship first, spectacle second; do not block ’s path and follow the photography etiquette with participants.
- Watch from a booked cafe or rooftop on the route rather than pushing into the street crowd.