Senior Citizens Mandal celebrated Tulsi Vivah on Thursday 29 October 2009. Tulsi Vivah is an important ritual performed in Kartik month in traditional Hindu calendar. Tulsi Vivah festival is the wedding of Tulsi plant to Lord Vishnu.

Tulsi Vivah is performed by some communities on the Ekadasi day after Amavasi (new moon) in Kartik month and by some communities on the Dev Diwali day or the full moon day in Kartik Month. Each year devotees, organizations, and temples perform this ritual with all pomp and glory of a real wedding.

A symbolic ceremony was performed with Nathabhai and Diwaliben Dadhania and their family taking the responsibility of the groom’s (Lord Vishnu) side and Babubhai and Savitriben Makadia and their family taking the responsibility of the bride’s (Tulsi) side.
 
A full traditional Hindu wedding ceremony was performed. There were approx. 150 guests present at the ceremony and they enjoyed a lunch after the wedding

To view Tulsi Vivah pictures click here

By Manoj Ardeshna