Tulasi Vrindavana

A Tulasi Vrindavana (tulasi shrine) in courtyard, India.

A Tulasi Vrindavana (Sanskrit: तुलसीवृंदावन, romanized: Tulasīvṛndāvana) is a small podium-like stone or cement altar present in front of traditional Hindu houses, housing the sacred tulasi plant.[1] Tulasi is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout the tropics, and widespread as a cultivated plant and an escaped weed.[2]

The structure is also known as Tulasi Thara (Malayalam: തുളസിത്തറ), Tulasi Chaura or Tulasi Vrindavan (Odia: ତୁଳସୀ ଚଉରା), Tulasi Brindavanam (Tamil: துளசி பிருந்தாவனம்), and Tulasi Brundavanam (Telugu: తులసి బృందావనం) in Indian regional languages.

  1. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (17 May 2018). "Tulasivrindavana, Tulasīvṛndāvana, Tulasi-vrindavana, Tulasivrimdavana: 7 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ Staples, George; Michael S. Kristiansen (1999). Ethnic Culinary Herbs. University of Hawaii Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8248-2094-7.