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Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi is an important festival celebrated every year. Ekadashi is the eleventh day of the fortnight of the waxing or waning moon and occurs twice a month. But the Ekadashi that occurs in the month of Margashirsha (December – January) during the fortnight of the waxing moon is of special significance and is glorified as Vaikuntha Ekadashi.
On this day, the gates of Vaikuntha (the Lord’s abode) open to His ardent devotees. This is a major festival of South India celebrated in all the temples of Lord Vishnu.
Devotees of Lord Vishnu observe Ekadashi Vrata and remember the Supreme Lord by chanting His Holy Names and singing His glories. Nammalwar, a great devotee in the Sri Sampradaya (the disciplic succession descending from Lakshmi Devi), returned to Godhead on this day. The Vaikuntha Dwara (a special entrance to Vaikuntha) is opened annually 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.
The schedule for ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Temple, Rajajinagar, on the day of Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi 2023 is as follows:
3 AM – Suprabhata seva & maha-mangala arati is offered to Sri Srinivasa Govinda accompanied by chanting of Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam (
3:45 AM – An elaborate abhisheka will be offered to Sri Srinivasa Govinda, Sri Krishna, Rukmini and Satyabhama. During the abhisheka, devotees will recite the Brahma Samhita(
5 AM – Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishnachandra will be adorned in Sri Lakshmi Narayana alankara and will be carried in a grand pallakki procession accompanied by nadaswaram and kirtans for Vaikuntha Dwara seva.
5:45 AM – Their Lordships Sri Lakshmi Narayana will arrive in a grand pallakki procession to the Northern entrance of the temple, where They will be seated on Ananta Shesha. Devotees can have Their darshan and receive the blessings by entering the Vaikuntha Dwara on this auspicious day.
6:30 AM Guru Puja to Srila Prabhupada (Founder-Acharya of ISKCON)
6:40 AM Darshan arati
11:00 AM Kalyanotsava seva to Sri Krishna, Rukmini and Satyabhama
12:25 AM Rajbhog arati
6:00 PM Kalyanotsava seva to Sri Krishna, Rukmini and Satyabhama
7:00 PM Sandhya Arati
9:15 PM Shayana Pallakki, accompanied by grand kirtans
10:00 PM Darshan Closes
Join us for the grand celebrations with your family and friends and receive the blessings of Sri Srinivasa Govinda and Sri Lakshmi Narayana.
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