Parama Ekadashi: The regional customs, food, and family questions readers search for
In many homes, the question arrives before sunrise and before tea. Is this a nirjala fast, waterless, or can we keep phalahar, a fruit-based fast? Does Dwadashi, the twelfth lunar day, break early where we live? Why does one calendar show June 11, whereas a relative insists on a date that is different? Parama Ekadashi…