Mahalaya is the last day of offering tribute to our departed forefathers, i. e pitripaksha and the beginning of the devipaksha. In the month of Bhadra, Krishna Pratipada begins and the time till the next new moon is called the opposite side. According to the Puranas, under the direction of Brahma, the patriarchs moved closer to these 15 days of human life. Therefore, if something is offered to them for this purpose, it will easily reach them.Therefore, for the whole fortnight, the patriarch is worshiped through remembrance and contemplation. This mahalaya is the final manifestation or mahalagna.
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