Pola Amavasya 2023: Know the importance and characteristics of Pola Amavasya festival

Pola Amavasya 2023: Know the importance and characteristics of Pola Amavasya festival

Every festival in the country is celebrated with different traditions and customs. One such festival is Pola Amavasya. This festival is celebrated on the Amavasya of Bhadrapada month which gives a glimpse of some special customs of the country. Pola Amavasya is a festival celebrated with great enthusiasm mainly in South India, especially Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and surrounding areas. It is also called the festival of farmers.

Pola Amavasya Agricultural Festival
Pola festival is celebrated at the time of Bhadrapada Amavasya. On this day animals especially bulls are worshipped. There is a tradition of worshipping the bull, the vehicle of Lord Shiva, on Pola on Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha Amavasya. Lord Shiva and his vehicle Nandi bulls are worshipped after bathing the bulls in the morning.

River bathing has special significance on this day. On this day, the Pola festival is celebrated and the Nandi bull, the ride of Lord Shiva, is specially worshipped. On the day of Amavasya, during sunrise, taking a bath at a pilgrimage site, river, pond or at home and offering offerings to the ancestors brings virtue. Peepal trees should be worshipped on this day. Daughters have started coming to their parents' home on Teeja-Pola. Wooden and clay bulls are decorated with colourful colours. On the day of Pola, bulls and toys made of clay and wood are worshipped.

Pola Amavasya is a confluence of devotion and devotion
Celebrated with devotion and enthusiasm, this festival is celebrated similarly to Shitala Puja in the northern states of India. The people there worship Goddess Poleramma as the local goddess. It is believed that the Goddess protects children from all diseases and accidents. She is considered one of the main incarnations of Goddess Shakti or Durga.

The day of worship of Poleramma falls on Amavasya Tithi every year, hence the fast observed on this day is called Pola Amavasya. Special rituals and pujas are organized in temples on this day.