This festival of Yogini Ekadasi falls on Ashadha Vadi Ekadashi, this day Bhagwan Narayana is worshiped.
Yoginis are more powerful than Apsaras and Yakshinis; Yoginis live with the Goddesses, that’s why they are too powerful and they are always backed up by the Goddesses. There are 64 types of Yoginis with different names and temperaments. They are worshiped for different purposes starting from money to enemy trouble. One small example of two Yoginis is, that you may find in Chinnamasta image.
It is said, who observes Yogini Ekadashi vrat and puja, gets free from the bad karma of cutting a Pipal tree and he also gets free from a curse. There is a story how a man removed his curse on this Ekadashi.
Yogini Ekadashi Vrat Katha
Once a man used to work for Kuber (lord of wealth), his main task was to bring flowers for early morning puja. Once he got busy with his wife instead of doing his task. Kuber got angry ‘coz he couldn’t find any flower for his worship, so he cursed this man to be a Kusht Rogi (कुष्ठ रोगी) and fired from the job.
Now this man started living in a jungle and once reached to Markandeya Muni for some solution. Markandeya Muni suggested him about Yogini Ekadashi vrat and puja on Ashadha Vadi Ekadashi. This man worshiped with intense desire of getting well, few days after his worship curse started removing itself and he became healthy and lived a normal life among others.
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