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This Ekadashi is purely rewarding. The procedure of this fast is as follows:
1.The rules of the fast begins a day before. On the night of Dashmi, the devotee should not eat any meal made with barley, wheat and moong dal.
2. On Ekadashi, one should not consume salted food, and it must also be avoided in the night of Dashami.
3. After taking a bath at early morning on Ekadashi, one should vow for the fast.
4. After that urn installation (Kalash sthapana) should be performed. The figure of Lord Vishnu should be placed on top of the urn and worshipped. At night, jagrans should be performed.
5. This fast start from the night of Dashmi and ends on the morning of Dwadashi after charity and donation.
Yogini Ekadashi Vrat brings prosperity and joy in life and is popular in all three dimensions. It is believed that by fasting for this Ekadashi, one gets good virtue equal to offering food to 88 thousand brahmins.
In ancient times, a gardener named Hem lived at the place of King Kuber in the city of Alkapuri. His job was to bring flowers daily from Mansarovar for worshipping Lord Shiva. One day, he got a bit late to bring flowers as he spend too much time with his wife. He arrived late at court. As a result, Kuber got angry and cursed him to be a leper. Getting affected from the curse, he wandered around and fortunately one day, reached the hermitage (Ashram) of Markandeya Rishi. Using his powers, Rishi found out the reason for his condition and told him to perform the Yogini Ekadashi Vrat. With the influence of the fast, Hem’s leprosy ended and he attained salvation.