Tulsi Vivah 2027

Tulsi Vivah 2027 falls on Thursday, 11 November, the day after Dev Uthani Ekadashi. Families celebrate the wedding of the tulsi (holy basil) plant to Vishnu in the form of a Shaligram stone or an image of Krishna, with all the rites of a Hindu wedding. It is treated as the first wedding of the season, after which marriage muhurats open across India.

Tulsi Vivah 2027 date

Tulsi Vivah 2027 is on Thursday, 11 November 2027 (Kartik Shukla Dwadashi). In 2026 it falls on Saturday, 21 November. Some families hold it on the Ekadashi evening, and some continue the celebrations until Kartik Purnima, Dev Diwali.

The story of Vrinda and Shaligram

The Padma Purana tells of Vrinda, the devoted wife of the asura Jalandhar, whose purity made her husband invincible. To defeat him, Vishnu took Jalandhar’s form, and when Vrinda’s vow was broken, Jalandhar fell in battle with Shiva. Vrinda cursed Vishnu to become a stone, the Shaligram, and gave up her life; from her ashes grew the tulsi plant. Vishnu blessed her: no offering to him would be complete without tulsi, and he would marry her every year. The Brahma Vaivarta Purana tells a parallel story in which Tulsi is the wife of Shankhachuda. Read the full account and a home vidhi in Tulsi Vivah: the story of Vrinda and puja vidhi.

How Tulsi Vivah is performed

• The bride: the tulsi plant is dressed in a red chunari with bangles, bindi and a small mangalsutra.
• The groom: a Shaligram or Krishna image is placed beside her, dressed in yellow.
• Mandap: sugarcane stalks form a wedding canopy over the tulsi pot.
• Rites: haldi, kumkum, a sacred thread tied between them, seven pheras with the Shaligram, and showers of rice.
• Celebration: wedding songs, aarti and prasad shared with neighbours.

The meaning of Tulsi Vivah

Tulsi Vivah honours devotion that even the gods respect, and blesses the coming season of marriages. See every festival on the Hindu festival calendar.

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