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Vaikuntha Ekadashi (Sanskrit: वैकुण्ठ एकादशी, lit. 'Eleventh day of Vaikuntha') is a Hindu occasion and festival. It is primarily observed by Vaishnavas , who regard it to be a special ekadashi .
The annual Brahmotsavam is the biggest festival celebrated in Bhadrachalam; the key event is the Sri Sitarama Thirukalyana Mahotsavam, or the marriage of Rama and Sita on the eve of Rama Navami. Other important festivals celebrated in Bhadrachalam are Vaikuntha Ekadashi, Vasanthotsavam, and Vijayadashami.
From 2005, the temple has been celebrating Vaikuntha Ekadashi as its major festival, with lakhs of devotees attending the event from various districts. [4] On Bhogi, the temple authorities perform the Kalyanam (marriage) of Andal with Ranganatha. [1] And, on the third day of Makar Sankranti, they conduct the Vishesha Utsavam.
The main festival celebrated in this sacred temple is Vaikunta Ekadashi. [6] Some other festivals which are celebrated by the temple priests include: Rama navami, Krishna janmashtami, Thiru aadipooram, Akshyathritheeya, Pavithrotsavam, Brahmotsavam, Puratasi, Navaratri, Pagal pathu , Ra pathu and Deepavali. [ 7 ]
The first day of Ra pathu is Vaikunta Ekadashi. [106] The eleventh day of each fortnight in Hindu calendar is called ekadasi and the holiest of all ekadasis as per Vaishnavite tradition is the Vaikuntha Ekadashi. During the festival, through song and dance, this place is affirmed to be Bhuloka Vaikuntam (Heaven on Earth). [6]
The main festival celebrated here is Vaikuntha Ekadashi when thousands of devotees throng the temple. This temple provided the setting for the treasure hunt in the book Riddle of the Seventh Stone [3]
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 ]
The ten-day annual Vaikuntha Ekadashi festival held during the Tamil month of Margali (December–January) and the Nammalvar birth celebrations with Garudasevai are the two most prominent. The temples are maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu .