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2. Nirjala Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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   Nirjala Ekadashi (Sanskrit: निर्जला एकादशी, romanized: Nirjalā Ekādaśī) is a Hindu holy day falling on the 11th lunar day of the waxing fortnight of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha (May/June). [1] [2] This ekadashi derives its name from the water-less (Nir-jala) fast observed on this day. [2]

3. 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 .

4. 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 ]

5. Shravana Putrada Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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   This day is known as Shravana Putrada Ekadashi, to differentiate it from the other Putrada Ekadashi in Pausha (December–January), which is also called Pausha Putrada Ekadashi. [ 1 ] On this day, 24 hours fasting is observed and worship is offered to the god Vishnu (like other ekadashis) by both husband and wife in particular, who do not have ...

6. Pausha Putrada Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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   Women who long for a son fast and pray to Vishnu on Putrada Ekadashi. Couples also worship the deity for well-being for their children. [9] Grains, beans, cereals, and certain vegetables and spices are avoided on this day. [10] This Pausha Putrada Ekadashi is more popular in North India, while other states give more importance to the Shravana ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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.