Vaikunta ekadesi

Tomorrow is vaikunta Ekadasi. The very devoutly go to temples in very early hours[4.00 AM] when the paramapada vassal is opened. The door to heaven will remain open for the next ten days. Vaikunta Ekadesi festival is very popular in  Tirumala, Srirangam Trichi and Parthasarathy Temple in Chennai. It is celebrated in all vaishanava Temples. You can watch the festival in Parthasarathy temple to be celebrated today morning by clicking  http://www.e-darshan.org from 2.00 am to 7.00 am .


For Srirangam live click http://e-darshan.org/e-darshan.org_non_ssl/srirangam/ from 2.00 to 7.00 am.


Raj Tv , Sun News are screening live from Srirangam from 3 and 4 am respectively. 

Vaikuntha Ekadasi is celebrated for 20 days in Srirangam on the Sukla Ekadasi day of the Tamil month of Margazhi. On Vaikuntha Ekadasi day, Lord Ranganatha, wearing a garment of rubies, goes out of the temple in a magnificent procession through the Parampada Vasal gate (gateway to salvation) and goes to the 1000-pillar hall.
The program in Parthasarathy temple today is as follows.

2.00 - Moolavar dharsanam
4.00 - ul purapadu
4.30- paramapatha vasal thirapu
10.00- urchavar thirumanjanam
12.00 - periya veedhi purapadu

The sorka vaasal will open every day till 15th from 6.00 PM and from 11th to 16th from 9.30 am.


The most important festival celebrated for full twenty one days during Tamil month Margazhi (December-January), is divided to two ten days as pagal pathu and ra pathu, with all pomp and pageantry.On Vaikunta Ekadesi day, Lord Ranganatha, attired in splendid garment, proceeds in a magnificient procession through Paramapada Vasal, arrives at Thirumamani Mandapam in the Thousand in a pillared hall to the thrill and joy of the devotees gathered in lakhs who have come from all over India and abroad. This occasion is the peak point of all festivals conducted in the Temple, on this day of days; Sri Ranganatha becomes a virtual king and is known as Sri Rangaraja. He holds his Divine Durbar in that huge hall which is further extended by a specially erected and tastefully decorated pandal, throughout the day Nalayira Dhivyaprabandham is recieted, and gets back to the Temple only late in the night. Milling crowds of devotees constantly keep moving from dawn to midnight. Teams of devotees, engaged in non-stop bhajans, fast throughout the day and keep endless vigil during the whole night, singing and dancing to the beat of cymbals. Verily, it is the sight for the gods to see. A paradise on Earth indeed!