Prabodhini Ekadashi (Devutthana) · Prabodhini Ekadashi, Dev Uthani Ekadashi

Culture of origin: Hindu · Cultural

Holiday sources: Hinduism

On Prabodhini ("awakening") Ekadashi, also Dev Uthani Ekadashi, Vishnu is believed to wake from the sleep that began on Devshayani Ekadashi, ending the four months of Chaturmas, when marriages are not held, so it begins the Hindu wedding season. A fast is kept and Tulsi Vivah is celebrated. In Maharashtra Varkari pilgrims throng the Vithoba temple at Pandharpur, and in Rajasthan the Pushkar Fair begins. This is the Smarta date; the Vaishnava fast can fall a day later.