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Benefits of Wearing Tulsi mala: 1. Destroys greatest of sins (maha pataka samhantrim) Skanda Purana: HBV: 4.3182. 2. Sri Hari is always with you (deha sada Harih) Garuda Purana: HBV 4.3353. 3. Million times benefit from punya karmas, pitr or devata puja (pitrnam devata krtam koti gunam) Garuda Purana: HBV: 4.3364. 4. Yamaraj and his dutas stay far away (preta raja dutakah drstva nashyanti durena) Garuda Purana: HBV: 4.3375. 5. Gives full protection from bad dreams, accidents, attacks by weapons, and the Yamadutas (duhsvapnam durnimittam bhayam shastrajam) Garuda Purana: HBV: 4.338. Who Can Wear Tulasi Neckbeads? *********** The following authoritative quotes should put to rest all rumors, taboos and speculations regarding this question. Bhagavan Sri Krishna Himself states that anyone can wear tulsi kanthi mala. There are no restrictions! The wearing of tulsi neck beads, (tulsi kanthi mala) simply depends on one’s personal sense of allegiance to his beliefs, duty, or sim...

*Makar Sankranti* The auspicious day of Makar Sankranti which falls in the Krishna paksha of Magha maas, in the month of January, is considered a very auspicious day, and marks the entering of the sun into the sign of Capricorn or ‘Makar’.  Although in ancient times all Sankrantis were observed and celebrated, Makar sankranti is of special importance, as it also marks the beginning of the auspicious six month period of Uttarayan, the Sannyasa thithi of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and also the descent of the river Ganges on this earthly planet. After the war on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, when Bhishma Dev was lying on a bed of arrows and was about to leave his body, at that time he was waiting for the sun to enter into Uttarayan, as it is considered to be an auspicious time, and therefore it may be understood that he left his body on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti while beholding the beautiful face of Lord Krishna in the holy place of Kurukshetra which is also known as...