Shayani Ekadashi | |
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Also called | Maha-Ekadashi |
Observed by | Hindus, especially Vaishnavas |
Type | Hindu |
Significance | Beginning of the Chaturmasya |
Observances | Prayers and religious rituals, including puja to Vishnu; Pandharpur Yatra |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Prabodhini Ekadashi |
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). This occasion is holy to Vaishnavas, the followers of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu, as it is regarded to be the day the deity's sleep commences.[4][5]
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