with Sri Ganesh

influenced. And for instance I was several times told and I also read, in treatises on Lord Ganesha, that the Tulasi plant, or Basil, (named “Devotion” and “New Birth”) may never be offered to Ganesh, nor actually to Shiva but only to Vishnu; and yet, what has happened is that spontaneously the black Tulasi, or “Krishna tulasi” has seeded itself all around the Shiva lingam besides the shrine and is, without any effort on my part, thriving and propagating every year... ... Rs/ 10/- have been offered... Again I have no time to sit before Sri Ganesh...

AUM NAMO BHAGAVATE

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