Dear BhaagavathAs : Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi will be celebrated this year on December 29 .In Tamil calendar , it is the 14th day of Marghazhi maasam this year .The tithi is Sukla Paksha EkAdasi , when the constellation of BharaNi is in ascendance . Sri Venkatesh Elayavalli asked me to write about the significance of Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi for inclusion in the rituals section of Acharyas Home page that he maintains with great care . It is my pleasure to do so through a series of three or more postings . There are three aspects to these postings : (1)the ritualistic celebration of Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi at the sacred Srirangam temple on the first day of Iraa patthu and ending up with NammAzhwAr's moksahm on the tenth day of this festival (January 8, 1998 ). This will fit with the ritualistic aspects going back to the time of Thirumangai AzhwAr , when he started the AdhyayaNOthsvam at Srirangam as a result of the niyamanam of NamperumAL . (2)the PurANic episodes dealing with the significance of this special celebration (Amrutha mathanam, GeethOpadesa dinam , Lokan-KaNtakan Moksha dinam ) (3) AzhwAr and Achaarya Sooktis on ArchirAdhi Maargam (Brahma Soothram , NammAzhwAr , Acharya RaamAnujA , Swami Desikan's Sri Sookthis related to Sri Vaikuntam and Moksha siddhi ). Twelve years ago on a Akshaya samvathsara , Sukla Paksha Ashtami day , when Revathi star was in ascendance , I wrote a lengthy letter to my reverd Father and Sister on the significance of Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi. I was lucky to come across that letter written on January 7,1987 in Tamil today.I will translate that letter into English and post it in three or more parts . Subhamasthu ,LokA: SamathA; SukhinO bhavanthu Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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