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Which Flowers Are Offered To Which God & Goddess & Why?

Which Flowers Are Offered To Which God & Goddess & Why?

When ever I perform my Puja at home, we always offer flowers.  Recently my mum had told me to offer Lord Ganesh a red flower.  That got me thinking… we know there are certain things we do when we make offering to different gods and goddesses, for example putting Tulsi leaves in offerings for Lord Vishnu.  I wanted to find out a bit more about flowers, why do we offer flowers and are there certain flowers we offer certain deities.
Why Do we Worship Tulsi?

Why Do we Worship Tulsi?

Tulsi symbolises purity.  The humble Tulsi also has its own festival.  This is called Tulsi Vivah, (Tulsi is the plant and Vivah means marriage) and this year is celebrated on the 26th November 2020. It has been interesting writing this blog, as I have never grown up celebrating Tulsi Vivah.  A few years ago when I lived in London, I had gone to the temple and its was super busy.  Ladies were dressed in their finest sarees the temple was full of music and laughter. It seemed a wedding was happening…I thought I had gate crashed a wedding!, when I asked someone what was happening they said “Today is Tulsi Vivah”. So why is Tulsi Vivah celebrated?