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Vaikunta is the abode of Lord Vishnu, one of the Trimurti Hindu Gods.


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E-vaikuntha-srirangam (2709 words)
However, the most important observance for all classes of people is of the Vaikuntha Ekaadashi, which falls in the Shuklapaksha of the auspicious month of Margasheersha.
In the flight of her imagination was born the immortal Tiruppaavai which depicts the pining of the Gopis for Lord Sri Krishna, observing a vrata to attain Him, getting up very early in the morning, awakening the sleeping Gopis, collecting them together, going to Nanda’s place, waking up the lord and enjoying union with him.
Besides it is also a pleasant sight to behold hundreds of men, women and children coming round the temple in Pradakshina, through the main streets, singing bhajan songs to the accompaniment of musical instruments and braving the chill weather of the early morning hours.
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