Where to Keep Tulsi Plant at Home & Which Tulsi is Best for Home as per Vastu

Know which day to plant Tulsi at home and which Tulsi is best for home as per vastu? If you want to know how to worship Tulsi at home, you must keep Tulsi plant at home according to vastu for its blessings.

Where to keep tulsi plant at home as per vastu?

Tulsi (Basil) is the most sacred plant that every house must have. You can plant Tulsi in North, North-east or East direction.

Tulsi or Vrinda or Indian Basil is a sacred plant in Hindu belief. It is regarded as the goddess Tulsi, as an avatar of Lakshmi and thus the consort of the god Vishnu. It is also called Vrinda and she is married King Jalandhara.

Othr names of Tulsi in various Hindu vedas and texts are, Vaishnavi (“belonging to Vishnu”), Vishnu Vallabha (“beloved of Vishnu”), Haripriya (“beloved of Vishnu”).

Which tulsi is best for home rama and shyama?

The Tulsi with green leaves is called Shri-Tulsi (“fortunate Tulsi” and synonym for Lakshmi) or Rama-Tulsi (“bright Tulsi”); Lord Rama (Lord Ram) is also one of the principal avatars of Lord Vishnu.

The Tulsi with dark green or purple leaves and purple stem is called Shyama-Tulsi (“dark Tulsi”) or Krishna-Tulsi (“dark Tulsi”); Krishna is also an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Shyama Tulsi is considered sacred to the devotees of Lord Krishna or Radha Rani. It is associated with Lord Krishna because its purple color is similar to Lord Krishna’s dark complexion.

You can keep either of these two varieties of Tulsi plant at home.

Which day to plant tulsi at home?

The plant of Tulsi should be planted on Thursday and Hindu Kartik Month is considered the best time to plant Tulsi. But, it can be planted any month, any week, on Thursday. It is also important to plant Tulsi in the middle of the house or in the courtyard. Never plant Tulsi inside the home (inside any room) or in a dirty place in the house.

Note that its leaves should be plucked only in the morning and it is believed that the leaves of Tulsi are not stale even after few days. It can be used in worship for several days and can be repeated and offered to the gods again.

How to worship tulsi at home?

In Hinduism, the Tulsi plant is regarded as the holiest of all plants.[8] The Tulsi plant is regarded as a threshold point between heaven and earth. A traditional prayer narrates that the creator-god Brahma resides in its branches, all Hindu pilgrimage centres reside in its roots, the Ganges flows within its roots, all deities are in its stem and its leaves, and that the most sacred Hindu texts, the Vedas are found in the upper part of the holy basil’s branches

A person who waters and cares for the Tulsi daily is believed to gain moksha (salvation) and the divine grace of Vishnu, even if he does not worship it. Traditionally, the daily worship and care of the plant is the responsibility of the women of the household. Though daily worship is prescribed, Tuesdays and Fridays are considered especially sacred for Tulsi worship.

Rituals involve watering the plant, cleaning the area near the plant with water and cow dung (considered sacred) and making offerings of food, flowers, incense, Ganges water, etc. Rangoli (decorative designs) of deities and saints are drawn near its foot. Devotees pray to Tulsi and circumbulate the plant while chanting mantras. The Tulsi plant is often worshipped twice in a day: in the morning and in the evening, when a lamp or candle is lit near the plant

When you shouldn’t water Tulsi?

Every Sunday, on Ekadashi Tithi, Surya Grahan (solar eclipse) and Chandra Grahan (lunar eclipse), water should not be offered to Tulsi. Also, after sunset, Tusli leaves should not be broken. Tusli be offered water on every day, except Sunday.

The Padma Purana declares a person who is cremated with Tulsi twigs in his funeral pyre gains moksha and a place in Vishnu’s abode Vaikuntha. If a Tulsi stick is used to burn a lamp for Vishnu, it is like offering the gods lakhs of lamps.

If one makes a paste of dried Tulsi wood (from a plant that died naturally) and smears it over his body and worships Vishnu, it is worth several ordinary pujas and lakhs of Godan (donation of cows).

Water mixed with the Tulsi leaves is given to the dying to raise their departing souls to heaven.

Just as Tulsi respect is rewarding, her contempt attracts the wrath of Vishnu. Precautions are taken to avoid this. It is taboo to urinate, excrete or throw waste water near the plant. Uprooting and cutting branches of the plant is prohibited.

When the plant withers, the dry plant is immersed in a water body with due religious rites as is the custom for broken divine images, which are unworthy for worship.