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- proper noun Hinduism The Indian name for a
new moon in the Hinducalendar .
Etymologies
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But there is danger to island villages, crops and flood banks from backwaters on Tuesday due to 'Amavasya' (full dark day) as the sea does not receive the inflows.
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Titled as 'Amavasya' in Telugu and 'Digilan' in Tamil, New Moon with its wide release is expected to create a record-breaking stir in India as well.
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The film has been titled 'Amavasya' in Telugu and 'Digilan' in Tamil.
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It is celebrated after twenty days from Dashahara on Amavasya 15th Day of dark fortnight of Kartika month of Indian calendar.
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It is celebrated after twenty days from Dashahara on Amavasya 15th Day of dark fortnight of Kartika month of Indian calendar.
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Hindus have celebrated the ceremony on Amavasya - the fifteenth day of the dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Ashwin - for thousands of years.
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By doing sex in period of Amavasya to purnima.? my last LMP was 27dec2009, i took a urine test on 1 feb2010 which was weak positive? en Español
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By doing sex in period of Amavasya to purnima.? my last LMP was 27dec2009, i took a urine test on 1 feb2010 which was weak positive? en Español
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In May 2007, NMP organised its first independent concert at the Naktala Banhi grounds, featuring Amavasya, Nitric Dreams, Atmahatya, Safire, Versus and YOG from Durgapur.
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Allahabad, Jan 26: Thousands of Hindu devotees took a holy dip in rivers across India including 'Sangam', the confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati today, on the occasion of ` Mauni Amavasya 'which marks the new moon day of the Hindu month of Magha.
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