How to observe kamika ekadashi fast: Ekadashi, which falls on the eleventh date of Krishna Paksha of Shravan month every year, is known as Kamika Ekadashi. It is Ekadashi dedicated to Lord Vishnu and it is considered very virtuous to keep a fast, especially when it falls in the month of Sawan. It is believed that Lord Vishnu is most pleased with the Tulsi Dal. Therefore, do not forget to offer Tulsi Dal on Ekadashi.
This year Kamika Ekadashi is falling on Monday, July 21, 2025, on Monday, which is a wonderful coincidence of the second Monday of Sawan. On this day, worshiping both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu gets double the fruit.Also Read: Kamika Ekadashi 2025 fast story, importance and benefits: Fasting to get rid of sins
According to religious scriptures, devotees get many types of benefits by observing the fast of Kamika Ekadashi:
How to fast on Kamika Ekadashi:
According to the mythological scriptures, Kamika Ekadashi fast starts Dashami Tithi i.e. a day before the fast and ends with Paran on the next day of Dwadashi Tithi i.e. fast.
1. Eat satvik meal a day before the fast i.e. on Dashami Tithi.
– Do not consume onion, garlic, meat-liquor, egg etc.
– Maintain purity with mind and body.
Avoid work, anger, greed, fascination, ego.
2. Take a resolution on the day of the fast i.e. Ekadashi date in the morning. Get up in Brahma Muhurta and take a bath and wear clean clothes. After cleaning the place of worship, take water in front of Lord Vishnu and take a pledge to fast that you will complete it smoothly.
– Install the idol or picture of Lord Vishnu. Get them anointed with Ganga water. Offer yellow sandalwood, yellow flowers, fruits, panchamrit i.e. milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar and especially the Tulsi team.
– Mantra- Chant ‘Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya’ as much as possible. Vishnu can also recite Sahastranam or Bhagwat Katha.
– You can keep Nirjala i.e. water and food or Falahari fast according to your ability.
As fruits, you can consume fruits, milk, curd, buttermilk, juice and fasting things like sago, kuttu flour, water chestnut, potato, potato, cheese, makhana etc.
– In this fast, normal salt is forbidden, so only use rock salt.
On this day, do not eat grains like rice, wheat, pulses, onions, garlic, meat, eggs, alcohol, tea, coffee and any type of tamasic food at all. All these are considered taboo.
– If possible, do the bhajan-kirtan of Lord Vishnu by awakening at night awakening/ night.
3. Fasting on Dwadashi date- Donate food, clothes or money to Brahmins or needy as per your ability. Donation of sesame is considered especially auspicious.
– After sunrise on Dwadashi date and within a certain passage Muhurta, pass the fast.
For Parana, you can first take some sattvic food i.e. grains, take it.
– During the fast, apologize to Lord Vishnu for any kind of mistake.
Benefits of Kamika Ekadashi fast:ALSO READ: On the second Monday, Kamika Ekadashi will be coincident
1. Destruction of all sins: This fast has the power to destroy all the sins committed in unknowingly and unknowingly. According to mythology, it can also liberate from great sages like Brahmana.
2. Receipt of salvation: The one who keeps the fast of Kamika Ekadashi gets freedom from the sufferings of hell and eventually attains salvation. It is considered directly to be placed in the world of Lord Vishnu.
3. Freedom from Pitra Dosha: Donating sesame on this Ekadashi and keeping fast provides peace to the ancestors and helps in calming Pitra dosha.
4. Fruits similar to Vajpayee Yajna: According to religious texts, only by listening to the story of Kamika Ekadashi, one gets a virtuous fruit like a Vajpayee Yajna. By observing the fast, this fruit increases many times even more.
5. Happiness, prosperity and health: With the grace of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi, happiness, peace, wealth and prosperity comes in the house. This fast also provides physical and mental purification, which leads to health.
6. Freedom from negative energy: This fast calms the mind, removes fear, anxiety and negative energy, which brings positivity in life.
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