Vaikunta Ekadashi - Srirangam

Srirangam

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam Vaikuntha Ekadashi celebrations in Srirangam lasts 21 days and is divided into two parts of pagal pathu (morning part) and Ira pathu (night part). [Vishnu as Lord Ranganatha is adorned is an armor of diamonds (rathnaangi) and is brought to the Thousand-Pillared Hall from the sanctum sanctorum through the northern gate known as Paramapada Vasal, the gate to Vaikuntha. This gate is opened once in a year, only on the Vaikuntha Ekadashi day. It is said that the first person who goes through the god reaches vaikuntham.

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