“Telugu:
తులసి కోటలో వుమ్మేశినా వేమిరా అంటే, యజ్ఞవేదిక అనుకొన్నాను అన్నాడ”
English Translation:
When a man was asked why he spat on the Tulasi-Kota, he replied that he thought it was an altar.The irreverent answer of a sacrilegious sceptic, an altar being still more sacred-Talusi is the holy basil (Ocimum Sacrum). Tulasi-kôta is the Telugu name for the altar-like bed in which it is grown, in the inner yard of a Hindu house.