Dwadashi

Dwadashi

Dwadashi (also Dvadasi or Dwadasi) (Sanskrit for Twelve; Telugu: ద్వాదశి) is the twelfth lunar day (Tithi) of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) fortnight of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar.

The saint poet Annamacharya died on Phalguna Bahula Dwadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi.



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