The name Vrindavan comes from two Sanskrit words — "Vrinda," the holy Tulsi plant, and "vana," forest — meaning "the forest of Tulsi." Tradition holds that this gentle stretch of land on the banks of the Yamuna, just north of Mathura, is where Lord Krishna spent his entire childhood: playing his flute among the gopis, lifting Govardhan Hill to shelter villagers from Indra's storm, and performing the Ras Leela that devotional poets have written about for a thousand years.
Today, Vrindavan is home to an estimated 5,500 temples dedicated to Krishna and his consort Radha, making it one of the most temple-dense towns anywhere in the world. The Bhakti movement of the 16th century, led by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the Goswamis, transformed Vrindavan into a living center of devotion that continues uninterrupted today — its ashrams, chanting halls, and Tulsi groves as active now as they were five centuries ago.
It's fitting, then, that Vedikly sources its Tulsi — the plant that gives Vrindavan its very name — directly from growers in this region, alongside wooden chanting beads crafted by artisans continuing a tradition as old as the town itself.
