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[sv-rituals] Re: Tulasi Salagram Vivah

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Mani Varadarajan • Wed Oct 23 2002 - 19:25:29 PDT 


--- In sv-rituals@y..., Deepak Vinod  wrote:
> Hari: Om
> 
> Does tulasi-SAlagrAm vivah occur on the day of Ekadasi?
> 
> Could someone please advise the day it should be celebrated as 
there are
> sources (calendars) which say ekadasi and theres others that say 
Poornima
> for the month of November
> 
> and how does one observe/celebrate this event? 

Hi Deepak,

The Tulasi Puja is done on Utthana Dvadasi, also known
as Kaisika Dvadasi, which falls in the waxing half of
the lunar month of Kartika. The Salagrama murti is taken
to the Tulasi plant and aradhana is done there. 

Some also do a special puja and arati in the evening to the
Tulasi plant in the presence of several invited women.
It is a festive atmosphere and is treated like a divine wedding.

Hope this helps,
Mani



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