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Sawan, the green month
In north India the rainy month of Sawan (Shravana) is the season of green sarees, bangles and henna.
What is worn for Sawan, the green month
Sawan, the Hindi name for Shravana, is the month of the rains in north India. It is the month of Shiva, with fasting on Mondays and processions of pilgrims carrying river water, and of the women's festivals of Teej. Green, the colour of the wet land, is the dress colour of the month: green sarees, green glass bangles, green dupattas and henna on the hands. Swings are hung from trees and songs of the rainy season are sung. Dates given here follow the northern calendar, which starts the month on the day after the Ashadha full moon and ends it with Raksha Bandhan. In southern and western calendars the same month begins about two weeks later.
The sarees
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Shravana (month)" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source