It marks the end of the four-month period of Chaturmasya, when the god Vishnu is believed to be asleep.

[1] The end of Chaturmasya, when marriages are prohibited, signifies the beginning of the Hindu wedding season.

During Tulsi Vivaha, a black, fossilised stone or shaligram (representing the form of Vishnu) is placed next to a tulsi plant (representing the form of Lakshmi), a symbolic act of uniting both deities in marriage.

A ritual bath during the five days of the fair in the Pushkar lake is considered to lead one to salvation.

The farmer performs a puja in the field and ceremoniously cuts some sugarcane, laying some at the boundary of the field and distributing five canes to a Brahmin priest, blacksmith, carpenter, washer-man and water-carrier and taking five canes at home.

At home, figures of Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi are drawn on a wooden-board with cowdung and butter.

The day commemorates the diksha, or religious initiation, of Swaminarayan by his guru Ramanand Swami on October 28, 1800.