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HOLY BASIL DID YOU KNOW

This modest shrub purifi es the air
Tulsi is the most sacred plant found in India. It also around it and is most effective just
helps cure ailments. before sunrise, the time when it is
Botanical Name: Ocimum tenuifl orum ritually circled by worshippers.
Common Name: Sacred Basil (English), Vrinda (Hindi), Illustration by Gulnaz, Class 9C,
Tulasi (Tamil), Trittavu (Malayalam) Sri Dasmesh School, Bazpur

TULSI TALES ACTIVITY: A WONDER
PHARMACOPOEIA
Tulsi has been worshipped as Goddess
Lakshmi for more than 5000 years. It is The extract of the tulsi is a wonder
found in almost every Hindu household drug. Its leaves are crushed in honey
as it brings harmony and happiness. or ginger and used to cure
It is also believed to be the gateway coughs, colds, stomach
between heaven and earth. Any aches, and to reduce
Illustration by Niral
Nimawat, Class 9D, domestic courtyard which is centered fevers. Its essential oil is
Maharana Mewar around the tulsi is considered a an antiseptic and insect Illustration by
Public School, Siddhraj Singh
Udaipur, Rajasthan place of peace, piety, and virtue. repellent. Bajwa, Class 7C,
There are three main types of Strawberry Fields
Write about a remedy High School,
tulsi – the Rama tulsi, the Krishna tulsi, and the Vana practiced at your home that Chandigarh
tulsi. The Rama tulsi is known for its cooling taste, the
makes use of this wonder
Krishna tulsi is purple in colour, and the Vana tulsi is medicine!
highly aromatic.
Ananya Chavan, Class 9A, Glazebrooke Public School, Reddiyur,
Apurva Barad, Class 8, Anand Niketan School, Bharuch, Srishti, Class
Salem; Shanaya A Bansal, Class 4D, Heritage Xperiential
9D, Mukand Lal Public School, Yamunanagar; Jyoti Negi, Class 11B, Sri Learning School, Gurugram; Farhan Mukhtar, Class 9D, St. Paul's
Dasmesh School, Bazpur; R.Chinmaya, Class 8A2, St. Isabel Girls Higher
School, Rampur
Secondary School, Pattukkottai; K.S. Roshini, Class 9B, Trinity Academy
Senior Secondary School, Thiruvarur; P. Akshay Rao, Class 9 C, Sunbeam Illustration by Divya Ojwani, All Saints Senior Secondary School, Ajmer
School Lahartara, Varanasi
Healing NEem MIRACLE MEDICINE

The neem fi nds mention in 5000-year-old seals The neem tree is called the ‘Tree
of the Harappan period.
of the 21st Century' by the United
Danya Sharma, Gyan Mandir Public School, New Delhi Nations as it is used as a cure for
Botanical Name: Azadirachta indica almost everything. The leaves are
Common Name: Neem (Hindi), Vempu (Tamil), used for treatment of infections and
Nimba (Sanskrit), Turakabevu (Bengali) diseases.
S. Shalini, Class 10C, Trinity Academy
Senior Secondary School, Thiruvarur;
MARGOSA MYTHS Illustration by J. Sarthak Upmanyu, Class 8, Gyan
R. Mitharanjani, Bharati School, Saket, Delhi
The neem tree is often Angappa Educational
Trust Senior Secondary
associated with Dhanmatri (the
School, Coimbatore
God of medicine) due to its vast
medicinal properties. There is WORTHY OF WORSHIP
also a belief that the goddess
The neem tree is worshipped as goddess Neemari Devi
of small pox Sithala lives in the
neem tree, and only leaves of or Goddess Durga, depending on the region. During
the festival of Ugadi, people collect neem leaves and
neem can cure this disease.
fl owers to prepare the dish of Ugadi Pachadi.
Anshu, Class 8, Dundlod Vidyapeeth,
Jhunjhunu; Rochan Awasthi, Class 11, Centre Illustration by Kashish Singh, Prince Kumar, Class 9A, Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School, Dehradun;
Point School, Katol Road, Nagpur Class 9, Swami Vivekananda Varunita Puli, Class 9C, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School
Public School, Jagadhri
(Vidyashram), Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

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