Why we do “Upavasam” in Ekadashi 

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Ekadashi Vrat 

Many think, Fasting=Upavasam, which is not true. 

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Upavasam = Fasting + Devotion (Dedicated Daiva Aradhana). That day and night should be dedicated to God, that’s it! 

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Food is considered as the greatest luxury and hence it is avoided. We needn’t do that every day, our rishis mentioned that it can be done once in 15 days, and selected Ekadashi thidhi. 

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Some of the mistakes people often do in the name of upavasam: People do strict fasting, but do all other daily activities normally, like watching movies/TV programs, chatting with everyone like how we normally speak, playing etc. with the element of Daiva Aradhana completely missing. It is not true Upavasam. 

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Finally, upavasam is not done on weekly basis. People say Tuesday upavasam, Sunday upavasam etc. in the name of God, which is actually not as per scriptures. 

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Our scriptures say upavasam is done only on Ekadashi thidhi and during some special Naimithika thidhis and also during some special functions like Pattabhishekam, Marriage etc. 

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The best example is sage Vashista asked Sri Rama and Sita Mata to do upavasam on the night before the Sri Rama pattabhishekam day proposed by King Dasaradha. 

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