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Description

Followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism wear kanthi malas made of Ocimum tenuiflorum (known in Hinduism as tulsi or tulas?).Most Vaishnavas will be given their kanthi by their guru at the time of diksha, or spiritual initiation. It is said Krishna - who is revered as svayam bhagav?n, or the monotheistic God, in Gaudiya Vaishnavism - was very fond of tulsi, and as such the plant is worshipped as "Tulas? devi" by followers of Krishna.