According to UM/RM panchangas, Ekadashi upavasa is onWednesday September 09th and Dwadashi parane is on Thursday September10th. Sadhane dwadashi. Significance: This is a special ekadashi in the krishna Paksha of the month of shravan. This ekadashi is populalry known as Aja ekadashi. Any person who fasts completely on this day and worships Hrsikesa, the master of the senses, becomes free of all reactions to his sins. Even one who simply hears about this Ekadasi is freed from his past sins. Its very clear again that Ekadashi vrata is to be practiced by followers of RudraDevaru too,from the story of Raja Satya Harishchandra,we hear from the Purana. On this day Janardana roopi Sri Hari is worshipped by chanting Sri VishnuShasranama. Note: I sincerely request on this special ekadashi day, let us all remember and pay our respects to Shri Pandhareenathachar Galagali who passed away August 29th (poornima) at 11-15pm. A scholar/Orator of extraordinary caliber with original works and translations in Sanskrit and Kannada, he has been called Abhinava bana Bhatta and compared to kalidasa for his poetry. more importantly his contributions to dvaita philosophy and overall Indian philosophy is indeed priceless. Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Galagali was recipient of numerous titles and accolades. Please go over the wiki pedia link for information and articles on him. On a personal note, I have used his Kannada translations of the Puranas to fix/update both significance and story sections of my ekadashi emails. I will be ever grateful to him for making the puranas easier for people like me to read, understand and share. I join you all in praying Shri Lakshmi Narashima to bless his soul and give strength to his family, friends and countless students. Story from Puran: "There once lived a famous king named Hariscandra, who was the emperor of the world, a great shiva bhakta and a person of great truth and integrity. His wife's name was Candramati, and he had a son named Lohitasva. By the force of destiny, however, Hariscandra lost his great kingdom and sold his wife and son. The pious king himself became a menial servant of a dogeater, who made him guard a crematorium. Yet even while doing such menial service, he did not forsake his truthfulness and good character, just as soma-rasa, even when mixed with some other liquid, does not lose its ability to bestow immortality. "The king passed many years in this condition. Then one day he sadly thought, `What shall I do? Where should I go? How can I be delivered from this plight?' In this way he drowned in an ocean of anxiety and sorrow. "One day a great sage happened by, and when the king saw him he happily thought, 'Ah, Lord Brahma has created brahmanas just to help others.' Hari6candra paid his respectful obeisances to the sage, whose name was Gautama Muni. With joined palms the king stood before Gautama and narrated his pitiful story. Gautama Muni was astonished to hear the king's tale of woe. He thought, `How has this mighty king been reduced to collecting clothes from the dead!' Gautama became very compassionate toward Hariscandra and instructed him on the process of fasting for purification. "Gautama Muni said, '0 king, during the dark fortnight of the month of Shravana there occurs an especially meritorious Ekadasi named Aja, which removes all sins. Indeed, this Ekadasi is so auspicious that if you simply fast on that day and perform no other austerity, all your sins will be nullified. By your good fortune it is coming in just seven days. So I urge you to fast on this day and remain awake through the night. If you do so, all the reactions of your past sins will come to an end. 0 Hariscandra, I have come here because of your past pious deeds. Now, all good fortune to you in the future!' So saying, the great sage Gautama immediately disappeared. "King Hariscandra followed Gautama's instructions concerning fasting on the sacred day of Aja Ekadasi. O Yudhisthira, because the king fasted on that day, the reactions to his sins were completely destroyed at once. 0 lion among kings, just see the influence of this Ekadasi fast! It immediately vanquishes whatever miseries one may be suffering as a result of past sinful activities. Thus all Hariscandra's miseries were relieved. Just by the power of this wonderful Ekadasi, he was reunited with his wife and son, who had died but were now revived. In heaven the demigods began beating their celestial kettledrums and showering down flowers upon Hariscandra, his queen, and his son. By the blessings of the Ekadasi fast, he regained his kingdom without difficulty. Moreover, when King Hariscandra left this planet, his relatives and all his subjects went with him to the spiritual world. "0 Pandava, whoever fasts on Aja Ekadasi is surely freed from all his sins and ascends to the spiritual world. And whoever hears and studies the glories of this Ekadasi achieves the merit gained by performing a horse sacrifice." Per conversation between Maharaja Yudhistira and Sri Krishna in Padma Purana MadhvesharpaNamastu
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