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  2. Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    Ekadashi (Sanskrit: एकादशी, romanized: Ēkādaśī, lit. 'The eleventh day') is the eleventh lunar day ( tithi ) of the waxing ( Shukla Pakṣa ) and waning ( Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) lunar cycles in a Vedic calendar month. [ 1 ]

  3. Prabodhini Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    The celebrations in Pandharpur continue for five days, till the full moon day (Kartika Purnima). [7] On Prabodhini Ekadashi, the chief minister or a minister of Maharashtra state performs ritual components of worship on behalf of the Government of Maharashtra. This form of worship is known as sarkari-mahapuja. [8]

  4. Kamada Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    The legend about the Kamada Ekadashi is narrated by the deity Krishna to the Pandava King Yudhishthira in the Varaha Purana, as it was told by the sage Vasishtha to King Dilipa. Once, a young gandharva couple, Lalit, and his wife Lalita, lived in the city of Ratnapura, a highly prosperous city decorated with gold and silver, which was ruled by ...

  5. Chaturmasya - Wikipedia

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    Chaturmasya begins on the eleventh day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashadha or Devashayani Ekadashi. This is celebrated as the day that the deity Vishnu enters a yogic sleep ( yoga nidra ) [ 7 ] on his serpent, Shesha , for a period of four months and wakes up on Prabodhini Ekadashi .

  6. Vrata - Wikipedia

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    Vrata is a Sanskrit word that means "vow, resolve, devotion", [1] and refers to pious observances such as fasting and pilgrimage found in Indian religions such as Hinduism and Jainism.

  7. Mokshada Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    Mokshada Ekadashi (Sanskrit: मोक्षदा एकादशी, romanized: Mokṣadā Ekādaśī, lit. 'The eleventh day of moksha') is a Hindu holy day, which falls on the 11th lunar day ( ekadashi ) of the fortnight of the waxing moon in the Hindu month of Margashirsha (Agrahayana), corresponding to November–December.

  8. Amalaka Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    [7] [6] [8] Devotees also listen to the vrata katha of Amalaka Ekadashi. [11] Offering of food and charity is prescribed on this day; the virtue is equated to the performance of a vajapeya, a somayajna sacrifice. [10] Though the festival of Holi begins on Vasant Panchami, it is on Amalaka Ekadashi that the main festivities begin. The day marks ...

  9. Vaikuntha Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    The Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Ekadashi in the Lunar calendar is known as a 'Mokshada Ekadashi.' Special prayers from the Vedas , Naalayira Divya Prabandham , Vaikuntha Gadyam as well as the Vaikuntha Dvara Puja, Prakarothsvam (Sri Veli), Oonjal Seva (swing pooja), Oonjal Prabhandham, yagnas , discourses, and speeches are arranged at several ...