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#VaikuntaEkadashi
Vaikuntha Ekadashi 2 Jan 2023
Swarga Vaasal or or Paramapada opening is from 3:00 AM on January 2
Vaikuntha Ekadashi is an important festival celebrated every year. Ekadashi is the 11th day of the fortnight of the waxing or waning moon & occurs

twice a month. But the Ekadashi that occurs in the month of Marghazhi (December – January) during the fortnight of the waxing moon is of special significance & is glorified as Vaikuntha Ekadashi.

On this day, the gates of Vaikuntha (the Bagawans abode) open to His ardent

devotees. This is a major festival of South India celebrated in all the temples of Bagawan Vishnu.
Devotees of Lord Vishnu observe Ekadashi Vrata and remember the Supreme Bagawan by chanting His Holy Names and singing His glories. Nammalwar,a great devotee in the Sri Sampradaya

(the disciplic succession descending from Lakshmi Devi),went back to Godhead on this day. The Vaikuntha Dwara (a special entrance to Vaikuntha) is opened once a year on this particular day in all Vishnu temples to commemorate this event.
It is believed that anyone who enters the

Vaikuntha Dwara on this day is guaranteed to attain the Vaikuntha, the spiritual abode.

🌹Visit your nearest Vishnu or Krishna temple and seek the Bagawans blessings.
🌹Chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra as much as possible.
🌹Read the Bhagavad Gita and associate with the Bagawan

through His divine instructions.
🌹Observe the Ekadashi fast and distribute prasadam.