The gift of a daughter
Sanskrit kanya (maiden) + dana (gift).
The part of a Hindu wedding in which the bride is given away. At Tulsi Vivah a householder or a childless couple performs it for Tulsi.
Tulsi Vivah is the wedding of Tulsi to Vishnu on Kartika Dvadashi. The article sets out the day, what the Puranic chapters say, and why the wedding is described as custom.
The divine katha from the Skanda Purana marking the awakening of Lord Vishnu after four months of Yoga Nidra, concluding Chaturmas and beginning Tulsi Vivah.
In the popular vrat-katha tradition, a bear maims King Mandhata in meditation; worshipping Vishnu's Varaha form through Varuthini Ekadashi restores his leg and frees him from past sin.