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Adhika means extra. Masam is month. The meaning of Adhika Masam is “extra month”. Therefore the year with an Adhika Masam will have 13 Telugu Months as compared to the normal 12 Telugu Months.
The Telugu year will have 354 days as compared to 365 days, hence for every 32 months there will be one Adhika Masam. Normally every Masam has an Aditya, but in Adhika Masa there will be no Aditya out of the Dwadasa Adityas. Therefore Lord Vishnu with the name of Purushottama is the head of the Adhika Masam. Hence an Adhika Masam is also known as Purshottama Masam.
Adhika Masam is also known as Mala Masam, as it is believed that in Adhika Masam Purshottama will remove all the Mala (sins/bad things). Hence in Adhika Masam no functions or festivals are present.
It is believed that any Japam, Danam(Donations) done in this month would fetch Adhika or Extra Benifits.