Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Did you know that Vaikuntha Ekadashi, which falls on the 11th day [Ekadashi] of the Shukla Paksha (the waxing phase of moon) in the month of 'Pausha' as per the Hindu calendar, is an important religous festival today dedicated to Lord Vishnu as it is believed that ‘Vaikuntha Dvaram’ (the gate to Vaikuntha heaven ) is opened on this day? Vaikuntha Ekadashi is the 11th Lunar day of the Shukla Paksha (the waxing phase of moon) in the Lunar month of 'Pausha' (15 December to 13 January) as per the Hindu calendar when it is belived by the Vaishnavas, Smarthas, and Sri Viashnavasa that the door to the Vaikunta, the abode of Lord Vishnu is opened. Every Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu or a form of Vishnu's ten avataras (incarnations), has such a divine door or Vaikunta dwara fixed in its precincts so that devotees pass through this Vaikuntha Dwara, doorway to heaven called Bhholoka Vaikunta, which opens once in a year on this day, today. Passing thro...