As Vaikunta Ekadasi 2010 Tirumala and Srirangam Festival is observed on December 17, 2010. You can watch Srirangam Vaikunta Ekadasi 2010 Live Online Video, Photos (srirangam ranganathaswamy temple photo) and Vaikunta Ekadasi Special Darshan Timings of Tirumala and Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple.

The most important ritual of ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi,’ the opening of the ‘Paramapada Vasal,’ or Swarga Vasal, will be available live online from today on Dec 16, 2010 (5 pm) to tomarrow Dec 17, 2010 (8 am). The Srirangam Vaikunta Ekadasi is attended by thousands of people.

Vaishnavism (Worship of Lord Vishnu) culture believes that ‘Vaikunta Dwaram’ or ‘the gate to Lord’s Inner Sanctum’ is opened on this day. The Margashirsha shukla paksha ekadashi in lunar calendar is known as a ‘Mokshada Ekadashi’. People also know that as a vaikunta ekadashi. However vaikunta ekadashi in Sri Rangam Temple (Tamil Nadu) is in the solar margashira month (Margazhi). Vaikunta Ekadasi Fasting on considered much holier than any other religious observation.

Vaikunta Ekadashi is the major festival celebrated in Dhanur Masam in South Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. On this day, in Vishnu temples, Vaikunta Dwar or Vaikunta Dwaram or Vaikunta Vaasal (entrance to Heaven) is opened for Darshan of Lord Vishnu. Vaikunta Dwara lies in North side to the temple. This gate is open only on Vaikunt Ekadasi day in the whole year. Vaikunt Ekadasi is also observed as Mukkoti Ekadasi.