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A: You will need: Tulsi Plant, Kumkum, Water, Clay lamp with ghee and wick, Matchbox, Flowers, Fruits Any Day, Morning and Evening. The sacred plant, Tulsi is regarded as the incarnation of the goddess Mahalakshmi. To begin Tulsi Puja, one is required to take a bath. Decorate the pot where Tulsi is grown. Offer water to the sacred plant. Apply kumkum on one of its leaf. A length of red cloth can be wrapped along the stem. Offer red flower to the sacred herb, Tulsi. Offer fruits by placing them near the pot. Light the clay lamp and perform aarti to complete the Tulsi Puja. People usually take a leaf of Tulsi after the Puja and put it in their mouth. It is believed by committing such act; they are taking the spirit of goddess inside them. it is seen in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jj2JuOGQRc&feature=related