Tulasi Vivaha

Tulasi Vivaha
Tulasi Vivaha
	Tulasi Vivaha ceremony
Observed by	Hindus
Type	Religious
Significance	Ritual wedding of Tulasi and Vishnu
Celebrations	Ceremonial wedding
Begins	Prabodhini Ekadashi
Ends	Kartik Purnima
Frequency	Annual

Tulasi Vivaha (Sanskrit: तुलसी विवाह, romanized: romanized: Tulasī Vivāha, Gujarati: તુલસી વિવાહ, Kannada: ತುಳಸಿ ಮದುವೆ, romanized: Tulasi Maduve, Telugu: తులసి కళ్యాణం, romanized: Tulasi Kaḷyāṇaṁ, Malayalam: തുളസി കല്യാണം, romanized: Tuḷasi kalyaṇam, Tamil: துளசி கல்யாணம், romanized: Tulasi Kaḷyaṇam, lit. 'Wedding of Tulasi'),^[2] also called Tulasi Kalyanam,^[3] is a Hindu festival, in which a symbolic ceremonial wedding takes place between a tulasi plant or holy basil (the personification of Lakshmi) and a shaligrama or an amla branch (the personifications of Vishnu). Tulasi Vivaha signifies the end of the monsoon, and the beginning of the wedding season in Hinduism.^[4]^[5]

The ceremonial festival is performed anytime between Prabodhini Ekadashi (the eleventh or twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu month of Kartika) and Kartika Purnima (the full moon of the month). The day varies regionally.^[6]^[7]

^ "Tulsi vivah 2021, tulsi puja, tulsi marriage - Festivals of India".
^ Singh, K. V. (25 November 2015). Hindu Rites and Rituals: Origins and Meanings. Penguin UK. p. 24. ISBN 978-93-85890-04-8.
^ Sarvaga; Gunavati; Amma (22 May 2015). Tulasi Devi: The Goddess of Devotion. M A Center. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-68037-276-2.
^ R. Manohar Lall (1933). Among the Hindus: A Study of Hindu Festivals. Asian Educational Services. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-81-206-1822-0.
^ Cite error: The named reference Tarlo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ M.M. Underhill (1991). The Hindu Religious Year. Asian Educational Services. pp. 129–131. ISBN 978-81-206-0523-7.
^ Shubhangi Pawar; D. A. Patil (2008). Ethnobotany of Jalgaon District, Maharashtra. Daya Publishing House. p. 400. ISBN 978-81-7035-515-1.

[1] "Tulsi vivah 2021, tulsi puja, tulsi marriage - Festivals of India".

[2] Singh, K. V. (25 November 2015). Hindu Rites and Rituals: Origins and Meanings. Penguin UK. p. 24. ISBN 978-93-85890-04-8.

[3] Sarvaga; Gunavati; Amma (22 May 2015). Tulasi Devi: The Goddess of Devotion. M A Center. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-68037-276-2.

[lall-4] R. Manohar Lall (1933). Among the Hindus: A Study of Hindu Festivals. Asian Educational Services. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-81-206-1822-0.

[Tarlo-5] Cite error: The named reference Tarlo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[underhill-6] M.M. Underhill (1991). The Hindu Religious Year. Asian Educational Services. pp. 129–131. ISBN 978-81-206-0523-7.

[PawarPatil2008-7] Shubhangi Pawar; D. A. Patil (2008). Ethnobotany of Jalgaon District, Maharashtra. Daya Publishing House. p. 400. ISBN 978-81-7035-515-1.

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