Kartika Utsavams

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Kartik month is seen as a sacred vaishnava month

Two very important events in this month particulary celebrated by

Gaudiya, Vallabha and Swaminarayan Sampradays are Govardhan

puja/Annakut and Tulasi Vivha. Goverdhan Puja rememebers the pastime

of Sri Krishna lifting the Goverdhan Mountain, this day (Karttik

shukla pratipad) which is the day after Deeplavalli is celebrated by

creating a Mt goverdhan from Mud, rice or Halwa and doing puja to it.

Also a huge varriety of Naivedya is offered to Bhagavan (annakuta).

 

Tulasi Vivah or Tulasi-salagram kalyanam is the Wedding ceremony of

Vrinda devi (tulasi) with Sriman Narayan (in the form of Salagrama),

this is observed from Kartik Shukla Ekadasi to Kartik purnima.

 

I wanted to Know is these festivals are observed in Sri Vaishnava

sampardaya, and if so how are they celebrated????