Tulasi madam kolam/துளசி மாடம் கோலம்

The Tulsi plant is regarded as a threshold point between heaven and earth. A traditional prayer narrates that the creator-god Brahma resides in its branches, all Hindu pilgrimage centres reside in its roots, the Ganges  flows within its roots, all deities are in its stem and its leaves, and that the most sacred Hindu Vedas are found in the upper part of the holy basil's branches.The Tulsi herb is a centre of household religious devotion particularly among women and is referred to as the "women's deity" and "a symbol of wifehood and motherhood", it is also called "the central sectarian symbol of Hinduism" and consider it as "the manifestation of god in the plant kingdom". A person who waters and cares for the Tulsi daily is believed to gain spiritual merit and the divine grace of Vishnu, even if he does not worship it. Traditionally, the daily worship and care of the plant is the responsibility of the women of the household. Though daily worship is prescribed, Tuesdays and Fridays are considered especially sacred for Tulsi worship. Rituals involve watering the plant, cleaning the area near the plant with water and cow dung and making offerings of food, flowers, incense, Ganges water, etc.  Rangoli of deities are drawn near its foot. The Tulsi plant is often worshipped twice in a day: in the morning and in the evening, when a lamp is lit near the plant..