Baudhayana Amavasya - of Baudhāyana sūtras a day before amavasya celebration as amavasya

  The followers of this sūtra follow a different method and do 24 Tila-tarpaṇa, as Lord Krishna had done tarpaṇa on the day before amāvāsyā; they call themselves Baudhāyana Amavasya.

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