🌼 Varuthini Ekadashi 🌼

Puja Vidhi    

• Before starting the rituals, get dressed in clean clothes, take a bath, and get up early. Worshiping Lord Vishnu, devotees make a Sankalp, promising to keep the fast with utmost devotion and not harm any living thing.  
• Arrange a Lord Vishnu statue and Shree Yantra, light a diya with desi ghee, and present sweets, flowers, or garlands.    
• To appease Lord Vishnu, they offer Panchamrit, which consists of milk, curd, sugar (bora), honey, and ghee, coupled with Tulsi Patra.   
• If Lord Vishnu is not offered the Tulsi Patra, Pooja is deemed incomplete.  
• Just before dusk, devotees are required to perform pooja and give Lord Vishnu bhog prasad. Chant the Lord Vishnu aarti and recite Vishnu Sahastranaam and Shree Hari Stotram.   
• Even though the fast is completely broken on Dwadashi Tithi, those who are unable to endure hunger might partake in bhog prasad in the evening following pooja.    
• Bhog Prasad ought to consist of Satvik foods like fried potatoes, milk products, and fruits.   
• One must share the bhog prasad with every family member following the evening aarti.  
• Once bhog prasad is distributed, devotees can have a satvik meal to break their fast.   
• A lot of devotees keep fast, breaking it after Parana on Dwadashi Tithi.  
• To obtain Lord Vishnu’s or Lord Krishna’s blessings, devotees must go to the temple.  
• People ought to light a diya in Tulsi plants in the evening as well.    

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मंत्र जाप(chanting mantra):

ॐ नमो नारायणाय:॥ 

ॐ श्री विष्णवे नम:॥ 

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय॥ 

ॐ नारायणाय विद्महे वासुदेवाय धीमहि तन्नोः विष्णुः प्रचोदयात् ||

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Rituals during Varuthini Ekadashi: 

• On Varuthini Ekadashi, as with all Ekadashi, devotees observe a stringent fast. They go the entire day without eating or drinking anything. A person who follows a fast should only have one meal on Dashami the day before. After that, on Ekadashi, the vrat lasts till dawn on “Dwadashi” (12th day). Eating rice, chickpeas, blackgrams, lentils, betel nuts, betel honey, and non-vegetarian cuisine is strictly forbidden on Varuthini Ekadashi. Ekadashi is a day when eating with bell-shaped cutlery is forbidden.   
• On the day of Varuthini Ekadashi, people worship Vamana, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. To maximize the benefits of this day, devotees prepare special puja settings and adhere to a few guidelines. Varuthini Ekadashi is a day when people should abstain from sleeping, anger management, gambling, oil application, and cultivating negative emotions towards others. Violence and sexual activities should be avoided.   
• It is customary to read sacred texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and Visnu Sahastranaam on the day of Varuthini Ekadashi. To honor Lord Vishnu, devotees spend their time singing and listening to bhajans.  
• Giving money to Varuthini Ekadashi is seen as extremely auspicious since it brings luck.
• On this holy day, donations of land, horses, elephants, and sesame seeds are among the items that should be made.   

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