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वैकुंठ एकादशी · વૈકુંઠ એકાદશી
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Sunday · Shukla Ekadashi
The most sacred Ekadashi for Tamil Vaishnavas. "Gate of Vaikuntha" opens on this day. Grand celebrations at Srirangam temple.
Vishnu is held to open the gates of Vaikuntha on this day, and those who pass through the Sorgavasal, the "gate of heaven", attain liberation. The Ekadashi is personified as a goddess born of Vishnu to defeat the demon Muran.
A full fast and a night vigil. At Srirangam, the Sorgavasal, a doorway opened only on this day, is thrown open before dawn and hundreds of thousands pass through it. Tirupati and Tirumala likewise.
A strict fast; broken at the Dwadashi parana. Sakkarai pongal after.
Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Telangana keep it as the most important Ekadashi of the year. In Andhra it is Mukkoti Ekadashi. In the north the same tithi is Putrada Ekadashi and carries nothing like the same weight. The Vaikuntha framing is southern.
