Dwaram Opening Timings & Pooja Offerings: If you are looking for Vaikunta Ekadasi 2025 Date then read this blog post further to get complete details. Vaikunta Ekadasi is a famous Hindu festival which is dedicated to Lord Vishnu also known as Venkateswara in South India. Therefore, it comes in the Marghashira month twice in one month. This festival is very popular and celebrated by lakhs of devotees in Trimula Temple, situated on the hills of Tirumala at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
Moreover, the temple receives a lot of pilgrims on a single day with numbers reaching up to 150,000, to have a darshan of Venkateswara. Also, on Vaikunta Ekadasi, Trimala temple opens the special gate known as Vaikunta Dwaram. This special door is beside the temple and opens only for one day and then closes. So, if you want to witness the Tirumala Vaikunta Ekadasi festival at the temple, you may visit it on Ekadasi. But you may have to wait in devotees lines because of the large crowd on this special day.
Tirumala Vaikunta Ekadasi 2025 Date
| Festival Name | Vaikuntha Ekadashi |
| Observed by | Vaishnavas |
| Temple | Trimala Temple |
| Location | On the hills of Tirumala at Tirupati |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Vaikunta Ekadasi Date | 10th January to 11th January 2025 |
| Significance | Vishnu’s victory over Murasura, Opening of the gates of Vaikuntha |
| Celebrations | Temple celebration, rituals |
| Observances | Fasting |
| Date | dhanu masa, shukla paksha, ekadashi tithi |
| Official Website | Click Here |
Tirumala Vaikunta Ekadasi: Dwaram Opening Timings
The ‘Vaikunta Dwaram’ encircling the innermost sanctum is a time when it will be opened once a year. It is open on Ekadashi from 1:30 AM on 10th January to 11th January. So this festival goes on for 10 days during this lakhs of pilgrims visit this temple to worship. The devotees can enter this Dwaram and take a round of Lord Venkateswara. However, this Dwaram is open only for one day on Vaikunta Ekadasi in Tirumala. Moreover, on Ekadashi special Darshan ticket will cost you INR 300. You can book online tickets from the official website of the temple i.e. https://ttdevasthanams.ap.gov.in/home/dashboard.
Latest Update: Online tickets for Tirumala Vaikuntha Dwar Darshan will be released on December 23 and the SED Tickets will be available to 11 AM on December 24, 2025. Slotted Sarva Darshan tokens will be available at Kaustubham Guesthouse in Tirumala and eight designated counters in Tirupati.
Tirumala Vaikunta Ekadasi Pooja Offerings Timigs
| Pooja Offerings | Timings | Days |
| Suprabhatam | 2:30 AM to 3:00 AM | All Day |
| Thomala Seva | 3:30 AM to 4:00 AM 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM |
Friday |
| Koluvu & Panchanga Sravanam |
4:00 AM to 4:15 AM | Daily |
| Sahasra Namarchana | 4:15 AM to 5:00 AM 4:00 AM to 4:30 AM |
Weekdays |
| Kalyanostavam, Brahmostavam, Vasanthostavam,Unjal Seva |
12:00 PM to 5:00 PM | All Day |
| Ekantha Seva | 1:30 AM 10:30 PM |
Daily |
NOTE: Tirumala Vaikuntha Ekadasi festival will be observed from January 10 to 11, 2025. On the first day, VIP protocol darshan will begin at 4:45 am, followed by Swarna Ratham (golden chariot) procession from 9 am to 11 am. On January 11, the Chakrasna ritual will take place at the temple tank Srivari Pushkarini between 5:30 am and 6:30 am.