Ekadasi : Questions and Answers

Question : On Kaisika Dwa:dasi day __________ acharya (900 - 1000 years back) chanted the Kaisika Pura:nam in front of Lord Sri Rangana:tha who was very pleased. The recital of Kaishika puranam still continues in Srirangam on Kaisika Dwadasi from then on.


Posted On : 05-12-2022



ANSWER : Swa:mi Sri Parasara Bhattar




Question : Kaisika Pura:nam comes in __________ Pura:Nam

(1) Varaha Pura:nam
(2) Vishnu Puranam
(3) Va:mana Purana
(4) Matsya Pura:na


Posted On : 04-12-2022



ANSWER : Ans (1)




Question : In which pura:Nam does the Lord tell about the story of Kaisika ekadasi to tha:ya:r?


Posted On : 15-12-2021



ANSWER : Vara:ha pura:Nam




Question : Happy Kaisika Ekadasi !
What is the name of the devotee who sang to Sri Vaishnava Nambi on the ocassion of Kaisika Ekadasi (the devotee related to the origin of Kaisika ekadasi)


Posted On : 14-12-2021



ANSWER : Nampa:duva:n




Question : Why is Sukla Ka:rthika eka:dasi called Kaisika ekadasi


Posted On : 25-11-2018



ANSWER : Nampaaduvaan sang a song in Kaisika note that night for Vaishnava Nambi. The bramhara:kshas who wanted to first eat nampaaduvaan then asked for the fruit of the songs Nampaaduvaan sang to release him from that body. However nampaaduvaan said that he did not offer his songs as a business to receive punyas. However during the discussion the Bramharakshas got freed from that body and he gained a divine form. This ekadasi is known as Kaisika ekadasi after the song sung in Kaisika note.



Note : The Kaisika story is read with the meaning at Sri Vaishnava shrines during this day In Srirangam, on this day, the scholar from Parasara bhattar lineage recites the story of Kaisika from the puranas. This practice was established by Ramanujacharya thousand years ago to show that a person can be a true devotee irrespective of his caste and social status and such a devotee is treated on par with Lord. Hence this is an extremely importsant day for us.



Question : What is the dwadasi called which comes right after kaartika sukla ekadasi?


Posted On : 21-11-2018



ANSWER : Its called Ksheerabdi dwadasi or 'chiluku' dwadsi. It is believed from our scriptures that perumal wakes up on the Kartika month sukla ekadasi from the milk ocean . Based on the belief the next day tirumanjanam is done using milk for the Lord (Milk is churned from the milk ocean and using the essecne of the same abhishekam is done). Hence its called Ksheerabdi dwadasi/chiluku dwadasi



Note : Jai Sriman Narayana
Listen to the leture of swami on kaisika ekadasi and get answers at https://jetuk.org/2016/01/06/importance-of-kaisika-ekadashi/
The sumamry of the lecture is here : https://chinnajeeyar.org/listen-to-hh-speech-on-kaisika-ekadasi/



Question : Today is Kaisika Ekadasi. On this day there is the story of a devotee who sang to the Lord. What is the name of the devotee who sang to the Lord? The name of the divyadesam that this devotee sang songs at and the name of the Lord there?


Posted On : 19-11-2018



ANSWER : Nam Paduvaan' is the name of the devotee who kept awake and sang in the night on the day of Kaarthika Sukla ekadasi. He sang to the Lord Vaishnava Nambi at the divyadesam Thirukurungudi. He was called Nam Paduvaan as he sang only to the Lord and no one else.



Note : Jai Sriman Narayana
Listen to the leture of swami on kaisika ekadasi and get answers at https://jetuk.org/2016/01/06/importance-of-kaisika-ekadashi/
The sumamry of the lecture is here : https://chinnajeeyar.org/listen-to-hh-speech-on-kaisika-ekadasi/