Prabodhini Ekadasi (Dev Uthani)

Dev Uthani Ekadasi (Prabodhini Ekadasi)

Single-day festival

Confidence

Probable

Vishnu awakens from his 4-month cosmic sleep (Chaturmas) on Kartika Shukla Ekadasi. Auspicious weddings resume after 4 months of no marriages. Sugarcane (iksha) is offered as Vishnu's first food on awakening. Tulsi Vivaha performed on this day or the next. North India celebrates with particular fervor — major temple events in Mathura, Vrindavan and Varanasi.

Names

  • eng / LatnDev Uthani Ekadasi (Prabodhini Ekadasi)
  • hin / Devaदेव उठनी एकादशी (प्रबोधिनी एकादशी)
  • tam / Tamlதேவுத்தான ஏகாதசி
  • tel / Teluదేవుత్థాన ఏకాదశి
  • kan / Kndaದೇವೋತ್ಥಾನ ಏಕಾದಶಿ
  • mal / Mlymദേവോത്ഥാന ഏകാദശി

Observed at 109 temples