Shayani Ekadashi
shayani ekadashi sanskrit शयनी एकादशी romanized śayanī ekādaśī lit eleventh day sleep also known various name eleventh lunar day ekadashi bright fortnight shukla paksha hindu month ashadha june july occasion holy vaishnava follower hindu preserver deity vishnu regarded day deity sleep commences day image vishnu lakshmi worshipped night spent singing prayer devotee fast take vow day observed entire chaturmasya holy fourmonth period rainy season may include giving food item fasting every ekadashi day believed vishnu fall asleep kshira sagara cosmic ocean milk shesha cosmic serpent vishnu finally awakens slumber four month later prabodhini ekadashi eleventh day bright fortnight hindu month kartika october–november period known chaturmasya lit four month coincides rainy season shayani ekadashi beginning chaturmasya devotee start observing chaturmasya vrata vow please vishnu day fast observed shayani ekadashi fast demand abstinence grain bean cereal well certain vegetable including onion certain spice bhavishyottara purana krishna narrates significance shayani ekadashi yudhishthira creatorgod brahma narrated significance son narada story king mandata narrated context pious king country faced drought three year king unable find solution please rain god eventually sage angiras advised king observe vrata vow devashayani ekadashi grace vishnu rain kingdom day huge yatra religious procession pilgrim known pandharpur ashadi ekadasi waari yatra culminates pandharpur solapur district south maharashtra situated bank chandrabhaga river pandharpur main center worship deity vitthala local form vishnu lakh hundred thousand pilgrim come pandharpur day different part maharashtra carry palkhis palanquin image saint maharashtra dnyaneshwars image carried alandi namdevs image narsi namdev tukarams dehu eknaths paithan nivruttinaths trimbakeshwar muktabais muktainagar sopans sasvad gajanan maharajs shegaon pilgrim referred warkaris sing abhangas chanting hymn saint tukaram saint dnyaneshwar dedicated vitthala deva shayani ekadashi httpswwwthedivineindiacomdevashayaniekadashi