Teej Ki Bahaar Tambola Tickets

Teej ki bahaar tambola is the monsoon-festival housie: a jhoola, mehendi, hari chudiyan, lehariya and ghewar fill the ticket, and six prizes from Sawan Five to the Teej Queen full house. You will find the free pack, an online game, a prize ladder, a planner for 12 to 50 guests and a run sheet for a Teej get-together below.

Sawan on a ticket

Teej arrives with the monsoon. Women dress in green, hands are covered in mehendi, swings go up on the branches of old trees, and the sweet shops stack up round, honeycombed ghewar. Our Teej theme tambola puts all of that on paper.

The ticket title reads Teej Ki Bahaar, which means the bloom or splendour of Teej. It has an arched frame and a Happy Teej medallion. The five picture sections are:

1. Jhoola: a leafy tree, standing in for the swing that is hung from it during Sawan (the monsoon month).
2. Mehendi: hands decorated with henna.
3. Hari Chudiyan: green glass bangles, a sign of the fresh season.
4. Lehariya: a dress in the wave-patterned tie-dye from Rajasthan, worn especially at Teej.
5. Ghewar: the disc-shaped sweet that is gifted and eaten around the festival.

Each section carries three numbers, 15 in total. When you print in groups of six tickets, every number from 1 to 90 appears once in the group, so the winners are spread out across the kitty.

Ready-to-print Teej Ki Bahaar Tambola pack

12 different picture tickets (2 on each A4 page) with a caller sheet, a prize sheet and a rules page. Print it as it is, or press Create your tambola ticket above for more tickets and your own party name.

Download the free PDF

Prizes with a monsoon flavor

Sawan Five is the opening prize for any 5 numbers marked first. Next comes Sawan Shringar, which asks for both the Mehendi and Hari Chudiyan sections: six numbers for the full adornment, since shringar means dressing up and adorning oneself.

Jhoola Jhoole is won by completing the Jhoola section, Lehariya Look by completing the Lehariya section, and Meetha Ghewar by finishing the three Ghewar numbers.

The final prize, Teej Queen Full House, goes to the first player to mark all 15 numbers. Crown the winner with a flower tiara.

Hosting a Teej get-together

Teej is celebrated in several forms. Hariyali Teej falls in Sawan and is the green, swing-filled one most kitty groups celebrate. Kajari Teej and Hartalika Teej follow later in the season, and families observe them in different ways. Some women fast on Teej, so check with your group before planning the menu and the timing.

Timing

Many groups meet in the late afternoon and carry on into the evening once any puja is done. A good plan is to play tambola from about 6 pm, after the swing and the photos, and serve snacks once the Full House is claimed. If anyone is fasting until a later hour, let the food wait until after the game.

Dress code

Green is the obvious brief, and lehariya sarees or dupattas make it easy. Add a small prize for the best green look, judged before the game starts. Encourage everyone to wear a full set of bangles.

Setting up the space

If you have a balcony, garden or society courtyard, hang a simple jhoola with a rope and a cushioned plank, decorated with marigold and mango leaves. Seat the players on a durrie (cotton floor rug) in a half circle around it, with the caller on the swing. Use green bangles or dried rajma as number markers.

Gift ideas

• Sawan Five: a set of green glass bangles.
• Sawan Shringar: a mehendi cone pack and a bangle box.
• Jhoola Jhoole: a small potted plant or a tree sapling.
• Lehariya Look: a lehariya dupatta or stole.
• Meetha Ghewar: a box of fresh ghewar from the local halwai (sweet maker).
• Teej Queen Full House: a silver-toned anklet or a festive hamper.

Play Teej Ki Bahaar Tambola online

Sisters and friends who live in other towns can play along. Make a live game and pass the link round; every player then gets her own ticket on her phone. The game calls the numbers on a set timer and can read them aloud, while each ticket marks itself. Claims go to the host screen for a quick check. Put the TV view up on the television, and ladies in the room can scan its QR code to join.

The sindhara twist

In many North Indian homes, a married daughter receives sindhara before Teej: a gift of clothes, bangles, mehendi and sweets sent from her parents’ home. Bring that idea into the game. Ask every player to bring one small wrapped item that would fit in a sindhara basket. Pile them up, and each prize winner chooses a package from the pile. Nobody knows what they will get, which makes every claim exciting.

For printing, color is the right choice here because the greens make the ticket glow. Use 2 tickets per page if your group likes to write on them, or 4 per page for a large society event. Remember to print the prize sheet with pictures and lay it in the middle of the durrie so everyone can see what is up for grabs.

Teej often comes before Karwa Chauth in the festive calendar, and many kitty groups play both. Save the Karwa Chauth Chand tambola tickets for later in the year, and try the Mehendi Magic tambola if your group loves henna art. Our original Teej tambola page has classic tickets and more game ideas, and every illustrated design is in the theme tambola collection. For the background of the festival, Wikipedia’s Teej article covers Hariyali, Kajari and Hartalika Teej.

Teej theme tambola: why this theme works

Teej is a festival of the monsoon month, celebrated especially by women with swings, songs, mehendi and green bangles. Many groups hold a Teej party at a club or at home, with games, music and sweets, and the day suits a game that is also a celebration of the season.

The five pictures are the things that make Teej: the jhoola, mehendi, hari chudiyan (green bangles), lehariya (the wave-patterned dupatta) and ghewar (a honeycomb-shaped sweet associated with the season). The prizes use the language of the festival: Sawan Shringar, Jhoola Jhoole and Meetha Ghewar.

Here is how teej theme tambola fits a Teej party: the pictures need no explanation, the prizes give the host lines to announce, and the whole game fits comfortably around the other events of the day.

How to play teej ki bahaar tambola step by step

The rules of teej ki bahaar tambola are the rules of ordinary tambola, with pictures instead of rows. Here is the whole game in six steps, using the prize names printed on the sheet:

1. Hand out the tickets. Give each player one ticket and read the prize list aloud, starting with Sawan Five and ending with Teej Queen Full House.
2. Call the numbers. The host calls numbers from 1 to 90 in random order, or lets the online game call them.
3. Mark your pictures. Each player strikes off the numbers on their ticket, and each picture holds three of them.
4. Claim a prize. The first player to complete a pattern shouts the prize name, such as “Sawan Shringar!”, before the next number is called.
5. Check the claim. The host reads the numbers back against the caller sheet. A wrong claim loses that ticket the prize.
6. Finish with the full house. The game ends when a player marks all fifteen numbers and wins Teej Queen Full House.

New players learn teej ki bahaar tambola in about two minutes, because the pictures show them what to look for. If the group has never played tambola, our guide on how to play tambola explains the classic version.

Teej ki bahaar tambola: the prize ladder in numbers

Every prize in teej ki bahaar tambola needs a different number of marked numbers, so the prizes arrive in a predictable order. We simulated 3,000 games with 24 tickets, which is 4 sets of six, and recorded the call on which each prize was first completed. The table shows the median, with the middle half of games alongside:

With 24 tickets the first five arrives on about call 13, and the full house on about call 73, so the whole ladder runs over 60 calls, or about 10 minutes at 10 seconds a call. A one-picture prize arrives around call 29, and a two-picture prize around call 51, so most of the excitement happens in the middle of the game. When you plan teej ki bahaar tambola, announce the prizes in the order they are likely to be won, and keep the biggest for last.

Teej kitty party tambola: how many to print and how long a game lasts

This planner answers the question behind teej kitty party tambola: how many to print and how long the game lasts. For a Teej party, the right number of tickets depends on how many guests want to play. This planner rounds up to whole sets of six and uses the same simulation as above for each size of group. One ticket for each player is the usual choice, and you can print a few spares for latecomers:

For 12 guests, print 12 tickets (2 sets of six) and expect the full house around call 76, which is about 12.7 minutes of calling. For 50 guests you need 60 tickets and the full house arrives around call 69.

The bigger the group, the earlier each prize is won, because more tickets are in play: the first five comes on call 14 with 12 guests but on call 11 with 50. That is why teej ki bahaar tambola stays quick even at a large Teej party, and why it suits a short slot in the program.

What one ticket looks like during teej ki bahaar tambola

A ticket holds 15 of the 90 numbers, which is one sixth of them, so on average it has one sixth of the numbers called so far marked. By call 30 a typical ticket has 5 of its 15 numbers marked:

That is the average ticket, though. With 24 tickets in play, the best ticket reaches five marked numbers on call 13, and the best ticket completes all fifteen on call 73, long before an average ticket does. This gap between the average and the best ticket explains why the prizes in teej ki bahaar tambola are won so much earlier than the table above suggests.

Hariyali teej games: a ready-made run sheet

Here is how hariyali teej games runs on the day. Here is a run sheet for teej ki bahaar tambola that fits 85 minutes. The times are suggestions; stretch the snack break or shorten a round to suit your Teej party.

The tambola rounds take 45 of the 85 minutes, which leaves room for food, photos and conversation. If you only have half the time, play one round and keep teej ki bahaar tambola for the full house, since the biggest prize makes the best ending.

Prize ideas for teej ki bahaar tambola: a gift for every pattern

Match the gift to the pattern: small gifts for the quick prizes and the best gift for the full house. These ideas fit a Teej party:

Decor and dress ideas to go with the prizes:

• A decorated swing with flowers
• Green dupattas and bangles on the tables
• Marigold and jasmine strings
• A mehendi corner

Keep the prizes simple, wrap them in the theme colors and put them on a table where everyone can see them before the first call. A prize table in view keeps interest high all through teej ki bahaar tambola.

Three twists to try with teej ki bahaar tambola

A small twist makes the game feel planned. Pick one, or use all three across the rounds of teej ki bahaar tambola, and teej ki bahaar tambola stays quick whichever you choose.

Teej songs

The winner of Jhoola Jhoole starts a monsoon song and the room joins in.

Green only

Anyone wearing green earns a small bonus, such as a second ticket for the next round.

Teej Queen

The full house winner is crowned Teej Queen and chooses the next song.

If you like teej ki bahaar tambola, you may also enjoy Diwali Dhamaka Tambola, Rang Barse Holi Tambola, Karwa Chauth Chand Tambola, or browse the whole theme tambola collection.