A lunar month, about May to June
Sanskrit name of a lunar month, from the nakshatra (star) near its full moon: Jyeshtha.
Jyeshtha falls in about May to June on the solar calendar, and is the hot month of Vat Savitri and Kabir Jayanti. The exact dates move a little each year because the Hindu calendar follows the moon.
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.
Kabir Jayanti, or Kabir Prakat Diwas, falls on Jyeshtha Purnima. This article sets out the day, what the tradition tells, and how late the earliest life accounts are.
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.
King Mahidhwaja, murdered and trapped as a restless spirit, is freed when Sage Dhaumya dedicates his Apara Ekadashi merit to the king's liberation.
A guide to Ekadashi Vrat: Ekadashi Devi's origin, the three modes of fasting, foods to avoid, puja vidhi, and the rules of Dwadashi Parana and Hari Vasara.
The story of Bhimseni Nirjala Ekadashi from the Padma Purana, observed in Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha without consuming a drop of water.