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Historically speaking, Amavasya day is always considered a day that every one needs to be of abundant caution. Needless to say, not many people venture to start anything new on the eve of Amavasya. However, there is one festival, or rather pooja, that is specially performed on an amavasya day called the Polala Amavasya.
According to vrata texts, by performing this vrata one can safe guard their children from the clutches of death. Every year, offering prayers to Poleramma coincides on the Amavasya day and hence the vrata is called Polala Amavasya.
During this year, Amavasya falls on Saturday. It is advisable to offer prayers to Shani Bhagavan with Black oil to nullify the negative effects of Lord Shani. Natives undergoing Elenati Sani or natives of Karkataka, Simha, Kanya rasi natives, natives undergoing Ashtama Sani will get immense benefits by performing tailabhishekam on this day.
Polala Amavasya falls on the following days in the respective years: