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Tulsi Vivah — the symbolic marriage of Tulsi-Vrinda Devi to Bhagavan Vishnu in the form of Shaligram (or Ram in the Ramanandi tradition). Performed on Kartik Shukla Dwadashi or Trayodashi, immediately after Prabodhini Ekadashi. Marks the start of the auspicious wedding season after chaturmas.
Dates 2026–2027
Mantra
तुलसि श्रीसखि शुभे पापहारिणि पुण्यदे
Tulasi Shri-sakhi shubhe paapa-haarini punya-de
O Tulsi, beloved sakhi of Lakshmi, auspicious one, remover of sin, giver of merit — accept this worship on your wedding day.
How to recite
Set up a sugarcane mandap around the Tulsi vrindavan (the Tulsi pot in the courtyard). Place a Shaligram or Ram-murti facing the Tulsi. At dusk, perform the symbolic vivah with mantras, exchange of garlands, mangalsutra-dharan, and saptapadi. Distribute laddoo and barfi.
Benefits
The Tulsi-Shaligram vivah marks Vishnu's awakening from chaturmas (it falls just after Prabodhini Ekadashi). For Ramanandis, Tulsi is held in even higher reverence than the murti itself — she is the eternal devotee of Ram. Performing this vivah brings dampatya-sukh and the grace of both Lakshmi and Tulsi.
✦ Special Note
Every Ramanandi household with a Tulsi vrindavan in the courtyard performs this vivah. It is considered as auspicious as one's own daughter's marriage. Dates per the standard Vikram Samvat Panchang (Purnimanta system — month boundary at Purnima), Ayodhya/Varanasi convention; same underlying calendar as Hindu general, Purnimanta month naming.
Foods Allowed
Foods to Avoid
Meal Idea
Sweet rice kheer with tulsi-charanamrita as morning naivedya; full wedding bhog — puri, aloo sabzi, halwa, gulab jamun — for the evening vivah ceremony.
🪔 Aarti
Aarti Kije Shri Ramlala Ki
आरती कीजे श्रीरामलला की । पूर्ण निपुण धनुर्वेद कला की ॥ धनुष वाण कर सोहत नीके । शोभा कोटि मदन मद फीके ॥ सुभग सिंहासन आप बिराजैं । वाम भाग वैदेही राजैं ॥ कर जोरे रिपुहन हनुमाना । भरत लखन सेवत बिधि नाना ॥ शिव अज नारद गुन गन गावैं । निगम नेति कह पार न पावैं ॥ नाम प्रभाव सकल जग जानैं । शेष महेश गनेस बखानैं ॥ भगत कामतरु पूरणकामा । दया क्षमा करुना गुन धामा ॥ सुग्रीवहुँ को कपिपति कीन्हा । राज विभीषन को प्रभु दीन्हा ॥ खेल खेल महु सिंधु बंधाये । लोक सकल अनुपम यश छाये ॥ दुर्गम गढ़ लंकापति मारे । सुर नर मुनि सबके भय टारे ॥ देवन थापि सुजस विस्तारे । कोटिक दीन मलीन उधारे ॥ कपि केवट खग निसिचर केरे । करि करुना दुःख दोष निवेरे ॥ देत सदा दासन्ह को माना । जगतपूज्य भे कपि हनुमाना ॥ आरत दीन सदा सत्कारे । तिहुंपुर होत राम जयकारे ॥
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