ತುಲಸೀ ಹಬ್ಬವಿವಾಹ ಉತ್ವಾನ ದ್ವಾದಶಿ – Uthwana Dwadashi/Tulasi Habba – November 15th Monday in USA and November 16th Tuesday in India.
Last year’s pictures:
Close up of our little Tulasi Plant:
Uthwana Dwadashi – Tulasi Habba or Tulasi Pooje is celebrated a fortnight after Deepavali. It signifies the day Tulasi married Lord Vishnu. On this day, Tulasi katte is decorated like a bride. Amla trees are planted along with the tulsi plant.
Pooje to be done in the evening.
What’s Tulasi?
In most Hindu homes, you find a Tulasi plant growing out of a Tulasi katte . Tulasi is considered to be a holy plant and is worshiped every morning. Tulasi has medicinal value and is often used as a herb in curing the common cold and cough.
So what’s Tulasi Habba?
Tulasi came out of the ocean during Amrita Manthan as a younger sister of Lakshmi. She too was devoted to Lord Vishnu and wanted to marry him. But Lakshmi who was already married to him did not like the idea and cursed her to become a plant. Thus the tulasi plant was born. But the all merciful Lord Vishnu took pity and fulfilling her wish declared that when he will be in the form of a saligrama, found in most temples and madhwa houses, she will remain close to him in the form of a tulasi leaf. Therefore even today a saligrama will have a tulsi leaf along with it. In front of every Hindu home there will be a tulasi katte in which a plant grows round the year.
Although the prayers are offered to Tulasi everyday by watering the plant in the morning and lighting an oil lamp before it in the evening, on Kartik Shukla Dwadashi there will be an annual Tulasi Pooja in the evening when the tulasi katte will be beautifully decorated with clay lamps.
Attached below is a screen shot of the Tulasi Vivaha Slokas and Procedure as printed in the Uttaradi Matta Panchanga. If you click on the image a bigger picture will display which has the words very very clear.
Here is the link for all the Tulasi slokas at this weblog.
1. Slokas
2. Daily Tulasi Pooja Procedure
3. Tulasi Sankeerthaney Lyrics and Audio
4. Devaranama on Tulasi – ಒಲ್ಲನೋ ಹರಿ ಕೊಳ್ಳನೋ
Kalpavriksha Kamadhenu 
Posted by Guruprasad Panamalai on November 17, 2021 at 8:58 am
I comitted a few spelling mistakes when typing my post by oversight. Kindly ignore them. Thanks.
Posted by Guruprasad Panamalai on November 17, 2021 at 2:43 am
Respected Madam,
Thanks for your excellent explanation of Uthwaana Dwaadashi. I think that such information should be included in value education curricula of our K-12 Schhols in some way But unfortunately it is overlooked unintentionaaly even in high schools run by Maadhwaa Mutts (Schools such as Poornaprajna High School in Yelahanka, of which I had the joy of being the Principal for some time). Best regards.
Posted by Vaishnavi on November 15, 2021 at 1:10 am
Could you please tell me if rava laddu can be offered as Naivedhyam for Uttanadwadashi?
My mil suggests rava laddu but my mother says it’s not auspicious sweet, I’m at cross roads
Posted by meeraghu on November 15, 2021 at 10:45 am
Hey Vaishnavi, it was the same in my household also. Mom never prepared Rava laddu, MIL always did. I just prepare payasa and kosambari.