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Why is Tulsi Plant considered Sacred?

Hindus regard it as an earthly manifestation of the goddess Tulsi, a consort of the god Vishnu. The offering of its leaves is mandatory in ritualistic worship of Vishnu and his forms like Krishna and Vithoba.

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It is considered holy as it has been blessed by Lord Vishnu himself and burns away sins of a person.

Tulasi plant on earth is actually a form of Laxmi. As per Devi Bhagavatam, due to a quarrel among Saraswati, Ganga, Laxmi, Saraswati cursed Laxmi to be born as a plant on earth

Laxmi being favorite of Vishnu, He then consoled Her by stating that everything had happened as predestined. So He told Her to go and be born and as a plant in India.

She will be known as Tulasi and will be able to purify all the three worlds

Also, as per Garuda Puran planting, preserving, watering, touching and worshipping Tulasi tree burns away a persons accumulated sins of many births:

The esoteric importance: Tulasi as lila-shakti (the pastime energy of the Supreme Lord) is a division of sandhini-shakti (the all-encompasing unifying energy). Sandhini-shakti itself is one of the three principal energies of the Lord Sat from sat-chit-ananda.

Tulasi as Vrinda-devi grants one entrance into the ashta-kaliya-lila or the intimate pastimes of Krishna. Neither Brahma, nor Shiva can do that.

The Padma Purana declares a person who is cremated with Tulsi twigs in his funeral pyre gains moksha and a place in Vishnu's abode Vaikuntha.

If a Tulsi stick is used to burn a lamp for Vishnu, it is like offering the gods lakhs of lamps.

If one makes a paste of dried Tulsi wood(from a plant that died naturally) and smears it over his body and worships Vishnu, it is worth several ordinary pujas and lakhs of Godan.

Water mixed with the Tulsi leaves is given to the dying to raise their departing souls to heaven.

One of the best Tulasi experts in the world, Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Swami has collected great original materials on Tulasi , this video tells more about it.

Tulasi is a devotee of Lord Vishnu (Kesava priya) and she is said to practice vratam/fasting on Ekadasi and so as not to disturb her in potentially weak condition people don't pick her leaves on the following day.

In some traditions days besides Ekadasi are also followed for various religious practices and the same rule seems to apply.

there are many things described in a book called Nitya Karma Puja Prakash, which is in hindi. The book in its Deva Puja section is describing the rules ,mantras and procedure to pluck plant leaves like Tulsi ,Bilva and other flowers .

You can buy this book from the below link
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