Vrindavan, October 11,2015: If things go well, there shall not be any scarcity of Tulsi leaves in Vrindavan from the next year. Friends of Vrindavan (FoV) is planning to set up the Tulsi gardens and nurseries in several places of Vrindavan and its nearby villages. During the winter the temples of Vraja – Vrindavan face shortage of Tulsi leaves as most of the plants die due to the severe cold.
The idea of developing Tulsi garden was floated by the saints and acharyas of Radha Shyam Sundar Mandir, where FoV distributed more than two hundred Tulsi saplings to the devotees who came for darshan in the temple. Jagannath Poddar, Director of Friends of Vrindavan, declared that his organization was ready to develop some Tulsi gardens in coming year. He said that some protected land, having sweet water facilities will be identified for this purpose. Shri Anurag Goyal, an industrialist who was the Chief Guest of the ‘Tulsi distribution programme’ promised financial assistance for this ambitious project.
Mahant Shri Krishna Gopalananda Dev Goswami, the sevait of Thakur Radha Shyam Sundar Mandir, stressed the need of establishing the Tulsi gardens in every temple of Vrindavan. He said, “Vrindavan Temples must have a Tulsi gardens in their campus. Tulsi and Vrindavan can’t be separated from each other. Shri Krishna doesn’t accept bhog without Tulsi. The Lord is worshipped with Tulsi leaves. Therefore Vrindavan temples should develop their own gardens of Tulsi to facilitate the seva in their respective temples.”
Shri Girdhari Brajwasi and Shri Tamal Krishna Das suggested that no house of Vrindavan should be left without Tulsi. “We shall grow the saplings and distribute them from the different temples, so that Vrinda Devi reaches every house of the town, and Krishna bhakti grows in the heart of the devotees,” said Shri Tamal Krishna Das.
Pt. Bihari Lal Vasishth of Brahman Maha Sabha said that Vrindavan was represented by the groves of Tulsi and other typical plants of Vraja. But the reckless cutting of the trees and concretization has killed the very essence of this temple town.
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