India is the land of celebrations. Every festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm and pleasure. Tulsi Vivah is one of the main festivals of Hindu calendar. This festival is having a great significance in Vaishnav Sampradaya.

The plant of Tulsi is worshipped by Hindus and it is regarded as incarnation of Mahalaxmi who was born as Vrinda. Tulsi Vivah is widely celebrated in Goa. Various mouth-watering sweets are prepared at home. Tulsi was married to demon king Jalandhar. She prayed to Vishnu that her husband would be protected. As a result of it no God was able to conquer him. However, on the request of demigods, Vishnu took the form of Jalandhar and stayed with Tulsi. When truth emerged after Jalandhar defeat, Vrinda cursed Vishnu and turned him to stone i.e. in the form of Shaligram and she also collapsed. From that place immediately emerged a plant called Tulsi.

This is the reason that we worship Tulsi also along with Vishnu. Tulsi Vivah is celebrated on the next day of Kartik Ekadashi. On this auspicious day marriage of Tulsi and Shaligram is performed with great religious fervor. Prasadam of rice, Moong, Puri, sweet potato Kheer, pumpkin cooked with pieces of sugarcane, tamarind and Amla is offered to Tulsi and thus Tulsi Vivah is performed in the evening time with devotional songs and rituals.