The stone of Shaligrama
Named for Shaligrama, a village on the Gandaki river in Nepal.
A dark fossil stone from the Gandaki river that is worshipped as Vishnu. Tulsi is wed to it at Tulsi Vivah.
Tulsi, revered as Vrinda and Vishnu's eternal beloved, is the sacred basil honored in daily worship and never missing from his offerings.
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.
A guide to Ekadashi Vrat: Ekadashi Devi's origin, the three modes of fasting, foods to avoid, puja vidhi, and the rules of Dwadashi Parana and Hari Vasara.
The sacred story from the Brahmavaivarta Purana of King Indrasena delivering his departed father from Yamaloka to Vaikuntha on Indira Ekadashi during Pitru Paksha in Ashvina Krishna Paksha.
The Padma Purana katha of Lalit and Lalita, where a wife's Kamada Ekadashi fast and surrendered merit freed her husband from a demonic curse.