Tulsi Vivah at Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C., 2005

Photograph of people performing puja for a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the… more

Photograph of people performing puja for a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the… more

Photograph of people performing puja for a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Photograph of a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end of the Chaturmas, a sacred four-month… more

Group portrait of individuals in front of a shrine for a Tulsi Vivah celebration at the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C. Tulsi Vivah is a Hindu ritual of the symbolic marriage between a tulasi plant, the personification of Goddess Lakshmi), and shaligrama, the personification of Lord Vishnu). Taking place in the month of Kartika, the ceremony signifies the end… more