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Shayani Ekadashi (Sanskrit: शयनी एकादशी, romanized: Śayanī Ekādaśī, lit. 'eleventh day of sleep'), [ 3 ] also known by various other names, [ note 1 ] is the eleventh lunar day ( Ekadashi ) of the bright fortnight ( Shukla Paksha ) of the Hindu month of Ashadha (June - July).
The story is recalls how Shiva saved creation by drinking poison called "halahala" which emerged from the ocean while it was being churned by the asuras (demons) and devas (demigods). The poison was held at his throat to prevent it from spreading to the rest of the body, thus turning it blue.
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Prabodhini Ekadashi (Sanskrit: प्रबोधिनी एकादशी, romanized: Prabodhinī Ekādaśī), also known as Deva Uttana Ekadashi (Sanskrit: देव उत्तान एकादशी, romanized: Deva Uttāna Ekādaśī), is the 11th lunar day in the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month of Kartika.
The Warkaris—whose patron deity is Vithoba—undertake the wari to Pandharpur, reaching there on a day before Shayani Ekadashi, the eleventh lunar day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of Ashadha (June–July). Pilgrims carry palanquins of the saints from the places of their respective samadhi. [13] [14] [15]
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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 ]