“Poojiparige parama mangalada padavitthu salahuvi”, Sri Jagannatha dasa said so in his work, Tatva Suvvalli. It means, whoever prays to tulasi devi will be blessed with good fortunes(mangala). This one small sentence says a lot about the importance of daily tulasi pooja.
It is a customary for married women to perform tulasi pooja daily, morning after bath, and in the evening.
Every morning, after cleaning the area around the tulasi brindavana or katti or katte, sprinkle water and draw rangolli. The shloka to be recited at this time is as follows :
shriyah priye shriyaavaase, nityam shridhara vallabhe |
bhaktyaadattam mayaarghyam, hi tulasi pratigruhyatam ||
After completing the routine morning pooja, pour water water, apply haldi, kumkum to tulasi katti and offer flowers. The shloka to be recited after offering flowers is :
yanmoole sarva tirthani yanmadhye sarva devata |
yadagre sarva vedashcha tulasi thvaam namamyaham ||
(At the base of tulasi, abhimana devatas (patron deities) of all rivers are present, in the middle all devatas are present and at the tip, all Vedas are present. I prostrate to this tulasi)
And in the evening, place an oil lamp near the brindavana.
Tulasi Dyanagalu :
1) dyayaam tulasi devi shama kamala lochanaam |
prasannaam padmakalhaara-abhaya chaturbhujaam |
kiritahaara keyura kundaladi vibushitaam |
dhavalaam sukha samhitam padma-asana nishe rushi |
tulasi devim dhaya dhaya ||
2) yaa devi sarvabhooteshu |
vishnu mayeti shabdita |
namstasyee namstasyee namoo namoo ||
Divine Melodies of Life 