{"id":5101,"date":"2021-12-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2022-01-24T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T10:26:49","slug":"why-vaikuntha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/why-vaikuntha\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Vaikuntha?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vaikuntha<\/a><\/p>\n

ISKCON Bangalore<\/strong> is celebrating Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi<\/a><\/strong>, one of the grandest festivals during the month of Margashirsha (December \u2013 January). On this auspicious day, devotees visit a temple of Lord Vishnu<\/strong> or any of His avataras with great reverence and enthusiasm and seek the blessings of the Lord.<\/p>\n

Usually, a Vaikuntha dwara<\/strong> is set up at the northern entrance of the temple on this which distinguishes this from other festivals. Vaikuntha dwara signifies the doors of Vaikuntha, the spiritual abode of Lord Vishnu. Devotees pass through this dwara hoping to attain Vaikuntha.<\/p>\n

Here is a series of seven articles that enlightens our consciousness on the relevance of reaching Vaikuntha, our eternal home.<\/h4>\n

1.<\/span> Why go to Vaikuntha?<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

2.<\/span> Is Vaikuntha the Same as Svarga?<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

3.<\/span> Features of Vaikuntha Planets<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

4.<\/span> The Consciousness Graph<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

5.<\/span> Mukti \u2013 The Consciousness of Liberation<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

6.<\/span> Rasa \u2013 The essence of relationships<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

7.<\/span> Vaikuntha – Our Eternal Home<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Related Links : Five things to do on Vaikuntha Ekadashi<\/u><\/span><\/a>| Why do we celebrate Vaikuntha Ekadashi<\/u><\/a> | Why Vaikuntha series<\/u> | Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISKCON Bangalore is celebrating Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi, one of the grandest festivals during the month of Margashirsha (December \u2013 January). On this auspicious day, devotees visit a temple of Lord Vishnu or any of His avataras with great reverence and enthusiasm and seek the blessings of the Lord. Usually, a Vaikuntha dwara is set up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6227,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions\/6227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}