Teej mehndi designs: swing, peacock, and Shiva and Parvati

Mehndi for Hariyali Teej, when women dress in green, swing under the monsoon trees and pray to Shiva and Parvati. The three designs draw a woman on a jhoola with rain and leaves, a dancing peacock under clouds, and Shiva and Parvati in two arched panels of the palm. Each is drawn in fine Rajasthani cone line, bold Arabic strokes, or quick bold chunky shapes. Type a different motif, such as a foot design, and the same styles draw it.

• a hand design for Hariyali Teej
• a simple design for a first henna attempt
• a reference for a henna artist before Teej
• a design for a sister or friend's hand

Frequently asked questions

Which style is quickest to apply?

Quick bold, with chunky simplified shapes and clear gaps between them, is made to be applied with a cone in a few minutes.

What is the Rajasthani work here?

A fine cone line with small figures and a dense jaali fill covering the hand to the wrist, with tiny dotted borders.

Is there any colour?

No. The Rajasthani and quick bold designs are reddish-brown line on white. The Arabic designs are black ink on white.

Can I ask for another motif?

Yes. Type the motif you want, such as a foot design, and the same three styles draw it. The nine shown here are the samples.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.