A lunar month, about June to July
Sanskrit name of a lunar month, from the nakshatra (star) near its full moon: Purvashadha.
Ashadha falls in about June to July on the solar calendar, and is the first month of the rains, with Guru Purnima and the Rath Yatra of Puri. The exact dates move a little each year because the Hindu calendar follows the moon.
What an abhanga is, Pandharpur and the saints who sang of it, and thirty-two abhangas arranged by saint, with the best known linked in the story.
Ekadashi is the sacred eleventh lunar day of Vishnu, kept with fasting, prayer and restraint of the senses. Its origin, fasting levels and Parana explained.
The Pandharpur Wari is an 800-year walking pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of Warkaris carry the Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram palkhis on foot to Lord Vitthal.
Pratikramana is the Jain ritual of turning back from harm, one of six obligatory duties in the Avashyaka Sutra, practiced daily, fortnightly, and at the annual Samvatsari.
The divine katha of Harishayani Ekadashi marking the beginning of the four sacred months of Chaturmas when Lord Vishnu rests upon Sheshanaga.
The divine katha from the Skanda Purana marking the awakening of Lord Vishnu after four months of Yoga Nidra, concluding Chaturmas and beginning Tulsi Vivah.