Latest Mehndi Designs for Hartalika Teej 2019: Simple Arabic Mehandi Patterns and Easy Indian Henna Designs to Apply on

Hartalika Teej 2019 will be celebrated on September 1. Falling a month after Hariyali Teej, it is one of the annual monsoon festivals celebrated around the year in India. Married women observe a day-long fast for the well-being of their husband and children. Goddess Parvati is the main deity of Teej along with her companion, Lord Shiva. On Teej, women get dressed like a newlywed bride. From bright ethnic wear with mirror work to a festive makeup look, you will see it all. Applying mehndi (also spelt as Mehandi) or henna designs on hands and feet are also a must on Teej. Ahead of Hartalika Teej, women look forward to getting their hands adorned with beautiful mehndi designs. In this article, we will look at a collection of easy-to-recreate different types of mehndi designs such as Indian, Arabic, Moroccan, Indo-Arabic, and more. You can also check out simple and minimal mehndi design for back hand and fingers. There are videos and photos for each type of mehndi design. It will help you learn and recreate them easily. 

Applying mehndi is part and parcel of almost all Indian festivals. It becomes more important during festivals such as Teej, Gangaur and Karwa Chauth that celebrates marital bliss. Mehndi is considered highly auspicious. Its colour represents love, affection and happiness in a couple’s relationship. Women make sure to get the most beautiful mehndi designs on their hands. They go for full hand mehndi designs, which run up till their elbows. Indian mehndi pattern includes intricate designs and gorgeous motifs such as flowers, dotted lines, circles, peacock shapes, leaves, filled circles and hearts. Full hand Indian mehndi designs also look incredible.

However, if you cannot sit patiently for hours, then you can go for Arabic mehndi designs. Unlike Indian mehndi patterns, they do not boast of minutely done designs. They follow a free-flowing pattern. It also includes floral motifs but is broader and less complex in comparison to Indian designs. There will be vines and dots, and you can also include additives such as colourful glitter to make your mehandi design fancier. Some of the gorgeous Arabic mehndi designs will have floral patterns, twin flowers, latticework or crisscrossed pattern, flowers within a flower, rose motifs, lace and latticed patterns, nets, jaali, and more 

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