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Tulsi, kusha, durva — plants woven into ritual life

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48Unique sacred plants

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🌿tulasī22

Kārvāṉar-perumāḷThirukkalvanoor — Vishnu the "handsome thief"

Kāragathān-perumāḷThiru-kāragam — Vishnu standing in a kārakam (mṛdaṅga/hourglass pose)

Kalva-perumāḷThiru-kārvānam — Vishnu of the "dark form"

Ulagaḷantha-perumāḷ (Trivikrama #2)Thiru-ooragam — Vishnu's second Kanchi Trivikrama

Pāṇḍava-dūta-perumāḷPāṇḍava-dūta — Krishna the messenger of the Pāṇḍavas

Ulakaḷaṇḍa-perumāḷ (Trivikrama)Ulakaḷandhar — Vishnu as the cosmic strider

Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills

Adi-nātha-perumāḷAlwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār

Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷNava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai

Vaittha-māṇidhiNava Tirupati — Thirukkolur

MāyākkūttaṉNava Tirupati — Thirukkulandhai (Perungulam)

MakaranedumkuḻaikkātharNava Tirupati — Thirupperai (Srivaikuntam taluka)

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🌿tulsi12

AyyappaHariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala

GangaThe Sacred River Goddess

HanumanThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

JagannathLord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

Meenakshi Amman TempleMīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism

Manasa DeviManasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal

RadhaThe Divine Consort — Symbol of Devotion

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

SitaThe Ideal Consort — Wife of Rama

🌿durvā4

GangaThe Sacred River Goddess

KaliThe Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌿durvā grass3

Mayureshwar of MorgaonPeacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak

ParvatiThe Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

🌿lotus3

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

ShukraGuru of Demons — Planet Venus

VarunaGod of Cosmic Order & Water

🌿bilva2

NandiThe Sacred Bull — Vehicle of Shiva

ParvatiThe Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva

🌿dūrvā grass2

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌿kuśa grass2

AgniGod of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

GangaThe Sacred River Goddess

🌿mango2

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

Meenakshi Amman TempleMīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism

🌿21-blade offerings1

Mayureshwar of MorgaonPeacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak

🌿akanda1

KaliThe Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation

🌿arka (calotropis gigantea — "sun-plant")1

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

🌿arugampul (bermuda grass)1

Tirupparankundram Murugan TempleTirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)

🌿banana (kadalī)1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🌿bhang (cannabis)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌿bilva (aegle marmelos)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌿bilva (villaku)1

Meenakshi Amman TempleMīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism

🌿coconut1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🌿crystal (sphaṭika)1

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

🌿darbha grass1

YamaLord of Death — The First Mortal

🌿dūrvā1

IndraKing of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain

🌿dūrvā grass (cynodon dactylon) — 21-blade offering1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌿haoma1

MithraYazata of Covenant, Light, and Oath

🌿haoma (sacred plant, parallel to soma)1

Ahura MazdaWise Lord — Supreme Creator

🌿kadamba tree1

MeenakshiFish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

🌿kaḍamba tree blossom1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌿kuśa1

IndraKing of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain

🌿nāga-champā (plumeria)1

Manasa DeviManasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal

🌿neem1

AmmanMother Goddess

🌿neem (the murtis are carved from neem wood)1

JagannathLord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri

🌿palāśa (butea — sacred wood for homa)1

AgniGod of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

🌿peach (of immortality)1

Yu Huang ShangdiJade Emperor — Supreme Ruler of the Celestial Bureaucracy

🌿peach of immortality1

Taishang Laojun (Deified Laozi)Supreme Venerable Sovereign — Deified Form of Laozi

🌿peepal1

BrihaspatiGuru of Gods — Planet Jupiter

🌿peepal root circumambulation1

ShaniKarmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn

🌿rudrāksha beads (elaeocarpus ganitrus)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌿sakaki (cleyera japonica)1

Amaterasu ŌmikamiGreat Kami Who Shines in Heaven — Sun Goddess

🌿śamī (fire-producing wood)1

AgniGod of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

🌿śamī tree offerings1

ShaniKarmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn

🌿saṃjīvanī (mythic mountain herb)1

HanumanThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

🌿soma (ritually pressed)1

IndraKing of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain

🌿soma plant (asclepias acida or similar, contested identification)1

ChandraThe Moon God — Lord of Mind & Emotions

🌿sugar-cane (bow)1

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

🌿thulsi1

Tirupparankundram Murugan TempleTirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)

🌿tuḷasī (holy basil, ocimum sanctum)1

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌿tulsi (prohibited in some traditions, offered in others)1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌿turmeric1

AyyappaHariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala

🌿vanni tree (sthala-vṛkṣa)1

Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills