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Worship & worshipper 308 tulasi dv膩da艣墨. This falls on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the
Hindu calendar month of K盲rttika. On this day the tulasi plant, planted in
ones courtyard is married to lord Vis峁噓 in the form of sugarcane or a twig of
the amal膩 tree. The pipal tree or A艣vattha according to traditional belief is
considered to be the residence to both the goddess Lak峁�m墨 and her sister
Jye峁ａ弓膩lak峁�m墨. Worship to goddess Lak峁�m墨 residing on the tree is offered on
the mornings of Tuesday and Thursday with the offering of parched rice and
jaggery is prescribed traditionally.
The concept of rivers as the form of goddess is as old as the RV鈦�
which has entire sukta in honour of the river goddess Sarasvati. In the
MBh.10 the rivers are considered as the form of the goddesses and to them
worship was as such offered. Of all the rivers seven rivers were considered
to be specially sacred, they were the Gang膩, Yamun膩, Narmad膩, Sindhu,
Sarasvati, God膩var墨 and the K膩ver墨. It is noticed that on the river bank, a
sculpted form of the river in the form of mask is present on the river steps
and to it worship is offered. The rivers are offered worship at a particular
time of the year when they are stated to be especially active and boon-
bestowing. During this period two things are specially undertaken by the
people as a part of the 'river festival' or the 'nad墨maha.' First people light
lamps and the lighted lamp is floated in the river along with floral offerings.
Secondly the extent of worship at certain rivers is well developed such that a
sari spanning across the entire breadth of the river is offered to the river
goddess as the goddess incarnate. This is particularly done for the rivers.
This is particularly done for the rivers Narmada and for Gang膩. The
9 RV X.75.
Mbh Vanaparva 212.243.