How to do the Tulsi Vivah puja at home

After the bath: water to Tulsi Maa, the sankalp of the vrat, the rangoli and the torans, and the sugarcane mandap raised over the tulsi.

1. The morning

   Water to Tulsi Maa

   1. After your bath, in clean clothes, fill a lota with water.
   2. Say the verse, and pour the water slowly at the root of Tulsi Maa.
   3. Bow to Tulsi Maa with folded hands.

   Tulsi Jal · 2 lines

   महाप्रसाद जननी सर्व सौभाग्यवर्धिनी।Mother of the great prasad, who makes all good fortune grow,

   आधि व्याधि हरा नित्यं तुलसी त्वं नमोऽस्तुते॥who ever takes away the troubles of mind and body: Tulsi, I bow to you.
   

2. The morning

   The sankalp of the vrat

   1. Whoever will give Tulsi Maa's kanyadaan this evening sits before the tulsi with a little water in the right palm.
   2. Say in your own words that you will keep the vrat today and give Tulsi Maa in marriage to Shaligram ji at dusk.
   3. Let the water fall at the root of the tulsi.

   Whoever gives the kanyadaan keeps the day's vrat until it is given; the rest of the house keeps it if it wishes.

   

3. The morning

   Rangoli and torans

   1. Draw rangoli at the place of the puja and at the doors of the house.
   2. Hang a toran of mango or ashoka leaves and marigolds on the main door.
   
5. 4. The sugarcane mandap

   This step, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app

At dusk and into the pradosh: Shaligram ji invited and dressed as the groom, Tulsi Maa as the bride, the seven pheras, the kanyadaan, the aarti, the katha, and the vrat opened.

1. 1. The diya first
   2. Achaman
   3. Ganesh ji first
   4. The bride and the groom seated
   5. Avahan: Vishnu ji invited
   6. The groom's bath
   7. The groom's clothes
   8. Chandan and til
   9. The bride's sringar
   10. Haldi on the bride and the groom
   11. Flowers and garlands
   12. Dhoop and diya
   13. The season's fruit
   14. The seven pheras
   15. The kanyadaan
   16. Naivedya
   17. Paan, fruit and dakshina
   18. The aarti
   19. Om Jai Jagdish Hare
   20. Pradakshina
   21. Tulsi Maa's eight names
   22. The Tulsi Stotram
   23. The katha
   24. Kshama prarthana
   25. The prasad
   26. The vrat opened
   27. The bride's things given

   These 27 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app