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Monday, December 24, 2012

Vaikunda Ekadasi - Monday Dec 24,2012


Clad in ‘Rathnangi', Namperumal, the processional deity of Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, is taken out of the Paramapada Vasal at Srirangam in Tiruchi on Monday, December 24, 2012.

About Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Vaikuntha Ekadashi occurs during the Dhanurmas period in the Hindu Calendar (corresponding to late December - January in English Calendar)
Vaishnavism(worship of lord vishnu)culture believes that ‘Vaikuntha Dwaram’ or ‘the gate to Lord's Inner Sanctum’ is opened on this day.
Special prayers, yagnas, discourses and speeches are arranged at vishnu temples on this auspicious day.


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