Haryana state in India located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 November 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 22nd in terms of area, with less than 1.4% (44,212 km2 or 17,070 sq mi) of India's land area. Chandigarh is the state capital, Faridabad in National Capital Region (NCR) is the most populous city of the state, and Gurgaon is a leading financial hub of the NCR, with major Fortune 500 companies located in it. Haryana has 6 administrative divisions, 22 districts, 72 sub-divisions, 93 revenue tehsils, 50 sub-tehsils, 140 community development blocks, 154 cities and towns, 6,848 villages, and 6,222 villages panchayats.
Sawan month holds an important place in Haryanvi folk culture. The festival of Teej is celebrated with great pomp in Haryana in the month of Sawan.
On this occasion, girls and women adorn and apply henna on their hands and feet. Parents send their married daughters' in-laws clothes and makeup items. It is customary for daughters to come to their father's house on the festival of Teej.
In earlier times, on the day of Teej, a fair was held near a pond, where girls and women used to swing on a swing on the trees, singing 'folk songs of Teej'. Such events are still held at some places in the rural setting but the traditional customs are now endangered in modern India.
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