📜 Tulsidas Jayanti Pooja

(Worship of Saint Tulsidas – The Composer of Ramcharitmanas)

🌟 Introduction:

Tulsidas Jayanti is celebrated to honor the birth anniversary of Sant Goswami Tulsidas Ji, the great 16th-century Hindu saint, poet, and philosopher. Born on Shravan Shukla Saptami, Tulsidas is most renowned for composing the Ramcharitmanas, a devotional retelling of the Ramayana in Awadhi language, which brought Lord Rama’s divine story to the masses.

He was also the composer of the powerful Hanuman Chalisa, revered in millions of households across India and beyond. Tulsidas Jayanti is not only a day of honoring a saint but a celebration of devotion (bhakti), poetic wisdom, and divine grace.

🙏 Spiritual Significance:

  • Tulsidas Ji was an incarnation of Valmiki Maharishi, reborn to spread the glory of Lord Rama in the Kali Yuga.
  • His works are non-sectarian, filled with bhakti rasa and moral guidance, transforming the hearts of devotees.
  • Worshipping him invokes divine love for Lord Rama, inspires purity of speech and mind, and removes obstacles on the path of devotion.

🕉️ Purpose of Tulsidas Jayanti Pooja:

  • To express gratitude to Sant Tulsidas for gifting us the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa
  • To invoke blessings of devotional strength, poetic expression, and moral clarity
  • To connect deeply with the Rama bhakti tradition
  • To awaken the spirit of service, humility, and wisdom

🪔 Tulsidas Jayanti Pooja Vidhi (Ritual Procedure)

🌅 1. Early Morning Purification:

  • Wake up before sunrise, take a bath, and wear clean, modest clothes.
  • Clean your pooja altar or space where you’ll perform the ceremony.

🛕 2. Setting Up the Altar:

  • Place a photo or idol of Sant Tulsidas Ji (or a symbolic picture of Ramcharitmanas).
  • Place images or idols of Lord Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman Ji.
  • Arrange flowers, incense sticks, a ghee lamp, sandalwood paste, Tulsi leaves, and sweets.

🌼 3. Sankalp (Spiritual Intention):

Hold water in your right hand and mentally state:

“On this sacred Tulsidas Jayanti, I offer this pooja to the great saint Tulsidas Ji, with devotion and gratitude. May his divine grace and blessings help me grow in love, wisdom, and unwavering faith in Lord Rama.”

📿 4. Invocation and Offerings:

Offer the following with devotion to Tulsidas Ji:

  • Flowers (especially marigolds)
  • Tulsi leaves
  • Chandan (sandal paste)
  • Naivedyam (sweets, fruits)
  • A diya (oil/ghee lamp)

Chant:

“Tulsidasaya Namah”
“Bhakti Ras Pradayine Namah”
“Ram Bhaktaya Namah”

📖 5. Reading/Reciting from Ramcharitmanas:

  • Read a few verses or chapters (called kand or chopais) from the Ramcharitmanas.
  • Recite or listen to the Hanuman Chalisa with devotion.
  • You may also read the Dohavali or Vinay Patrika, other works of Tulsidas.

🔥 6. Aarti and Prayer:

Perform aarti for Tulsidas Ji and Lord Rama:

“Jai Siya Ram Jai Jai Hanuman…”
“Om Jai Shri Ram…”
(You can also sing Tulsidas’s Ram Aarti or Bhajans.)

Wave the aarti lamp and offer camphor light.

🎁 7. Annadanam and Seva:

  • Donate food, books, or clothes to the needy.
  • Share copies of Hanuman Chalisa or Ramcharitmanas with friends and family.
  • Help someone in need in the name of Tulsidas Ji.

✨ Key Reflections for the Day:

  • Meditate on Rama Bhakti and the selfless life of Tulsidas Ji.
  • Reflect on his humility—he never claimed greatness, always saw himself as a dust at Rama’s feet.
  • Learn from his writing that true devotion lies in service, remembrance, and love for God.

🌈 Conclusion:

Tulsidas Jayanti is not just a remembrance of a saint but a spiritual doorway into the world of Rama bhakti—pure, powerful, and transformative. Through devotional reading, chanting, and sincere prayer, one connects with the heart of the Ramcharitmanas—a text that is as divine as it is poetic.

By performing this Pooja, you invite the presence of Tulsidas Ji and Lord Rama into your home and heart, nurturing a life of peace, devotion, and divine purpose.