Woman making the evening offering at the tulsi shrine
Village Journal · Rituals

Vaishnav Ritual

The evening prayer as the sun goes down, asking Lord Gopal to come home from playing with the universe and go to sleep.

An ancient ritual in every Vaishnavite household in Bengal. In the evening, as the sun slowly goes down, the family prays to Lord Gopal to come back home after playing with the universe, and asks him to go to sleep. They consider him their child, and treat him like one.

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