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'''Dwadashi''' (also '''Dvādaśi or Dwadasi''') ([[Sanskrit]] for [[12 (number)|Twelve]]) is the twelfth lunar day ([[Tithi]]) of the ''shukla'' (bright) or ''krishna'' (dark) fortnight, or [[Paksha]], of every lunar month in the [[Hindu calendar]].<br />
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Dwadashi is especially suitable for the worship of the sacred [[Tulasi]] tree (Tulasi stava of srishti khanda of [[Padma Purana]]), much like [[Ekadashi]] is especially suitable for the worship of [[Vishnu]]. In fact, the Ekadashi fast is a three-day fast, starting on [[Dashami]] and concluding on Dwadashi. The saint poet [[Annamacharya]] died on [[Phalguna]] Bahula (Krishna) Dwadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi, on 4 April 1503 after living for 95 years.<br />
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==Celebrations on Dwadashi==<br />
Dwadashi [[Tithi]]s have various other religious observances throughout the year. [[Kurma]] Dwadashi is dedicated to the worship of [[Kurma]], the second [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]]. Govinda Dwadashi or Narasimha Dwadashi, which falls in the month of [[Phalguna]] celebrates the [[Narasimha]] [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]], before [[Holi]]. Rama Lakshmana Dwadashi is important for begetting a son, who is considered as important, to [[Moksha]] or [[salvation]]; in [[Hinduism]]. King [[Dasharatha]] had observed the Rama Lakshmana Dwadashi to beget God [[Rama]] as his son. [[Jagannath Temple]] of [[Puri]] has special celebrations on this Dwadashi for [[Utkala Brahmin]]s.<ref>[https://www.apnisanskriti.com/vrat-katha/significance-of-rama-lakshmana-dwadasi-5580 Significance of Rama Lakshmana Dwadasi]</ref> [[Govatsa Dwadashi]] is the first day of celebrations on [[Diwali]], on which cows are worshiped as symbolic to mothers; nourishing mankind, and being the chief means of livelihood and religious sanctity in rural India.<ref>[https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/govatsa-dwadashi/govatsa-dwadashi-date-time.html?year=2020 2020 Govatsa Dwadashi]</ref> As also this day is celebrated, as; ''Sripada Vallabha Aradhana Utsav'' of [[Sripada Sri Vallabha]], at [[Pithapuram]] Datta Mahasamsthan in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.sripadasrivallabhamahasamsthanam.com/index1.php?page=home Goseva at Sripada Srivallabha Mahasamsthanam][http://www.sripadasrivallabhamahasamsthanam.com/gopooja.php?page=gopooja][http://www.dattamaharaj.com/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AD][http://sripadavallabhamiracles.com/]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Chaitra]]<br />
* [[Paksha]]<br />
* [[Govatsa Dwadashi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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