Questions tagged [ekadashi]

Ekadasi is a day which comes twice in a lunar month. Many people maintain viradha, (not eat anything) on this day. It is a special day for vishnu.

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Lord Sri Vishnu is referred to as Murari - who is the demon Mura and and how was he killed?

I have heard Lord Sri Vishnu being referred as Murari as he killed the asura Mura. While hearing this YouTube video upanyasam on Ekadesi (this is in Tamil and I will try to listen again and mention the moment in mm:ss format), the presenter was…
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is there mention in the Vention in the Vedas of the significance of Kamada Ekadashsi?

i read that any sin, even the worst is forgivable with fasting on this day. I just learned this today, I felt a very unpleasent. Karma from a past life which I recognize as a need to atone for past life actions. I am Sanyasi, which too is a recent…
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