PITRA DOSHA

Methods to be followed in performing "Pitra Dosha Puja"  in Rameswaram: 1.      Go to Rameswaram and stay overnight. Get up early in the morning and take bath in the “Agni Theertham” meaning “Holy water from the Fire God” (Sea overlooking the East Temple Tower). 2.      Then you must take bath in all the “Punya Theerthams” (Holy water) that are placed inside the Temple. You can take the help from the official guides that are licensed by the Temple Authorities. (*They wear white color shirts and dhotis). They charge Rs. 25 per head, if you take bath in a group of 15 to 25 peoples. They charge you around Rs. 200/- to Rs. 400/- (depending on the rush), if you choose to go as single (or) with few of your family members. The Guides will pick up water from well, which is inside the Temple; and they pour (or) sprinkle it on your head & body. 3.      The Old and Aged peoples may find it difficult to take bath in the “Punya Theertham”. Hence their family members can pic

Shraddham: What must be offered on the day of Shraddha? The following Pulses, Grains & Vegetables are considered as the best offerings during the *Shradh (Shraddham) ceremony.   *Shardh or Pinda, is an offering made to the manes of any deceased person on his/her death anniversary.      1.      Black Sesame seeds.      2.      Black Gram      3.      Wheat      4.      Green Gram Dal      5.      Jaggery      6.      Black Pepper      7.      Paddy (or) Raw Rice      8.      Adamant Creeper ( Cissus quadrangularis) (Pirandai in Tamil)      9.      Curry Leaves      10.   Bitter Gourd      11.   Plantain (Raw)       12.   Mango (Raw)      13.   Ber Fruit ( Ziziphus jujube)      14.   Yam & Elephant Yam      15.   Lemon Fruit      16.   Cluster Beans      17.   Jack Fruit (Raw)      18.   Honey Important: One part of Bitter Gourd = 100 Part of other Vegetables/Pulses One Part of Adamant Creeper = 300 Part of other Veg

Excellent Days for doing Pitru Pooja (or) Pitru Tharpanam: The importance of Ugadi Days: Ugadi = Yuga + Adi. Here the Yuga means the era @ a longer period of time mentioned in the Hinduism. A complete Yuga has 4 age cycle namely 1. Kretha Yuga has 17,28,000 years 2. Treta Yuga has 12,96,000 years 3. Dwapara Yuga has 8,64,000 years 4. Kali Yuga. has 4,32,000 years Adi means beginning @ Ugadi means the start day of an era. Thus the day, when the Kretha Yuga had started is called as "Kretha Ugadi".  Similarly the starting day of the Yuga's are called as:  1. Kretha Ugadi 2. Treta Ugadi 3. Dwapara Ugadi 4. Kali Ugadi. 1. Kretha Ugadi: The Kretha Yuga had started on the Sukla Paksha Tritya Thithi in the month of  Chaitra (Sanskrit).    2 . Tretha Yuga: The Tretha Yuga had started on the Sukla Paksha Navami Thithi in the month of Kartiga (Sanskrit).  3. Dwapara Yuga: The Dwapara Yuga had started on the Krishna Paksha Tryodasi Thithi in the month of Bha

2014 Mahalaya Amavasya - Best days to do Pithru Tharpanam: The Mahalaya Paksha is a 15 days time starting from the day next to Pournima to the Amavasya day that comes in the month of Purattasi (Tamil) or Bhadra or Bhadrapada (Hindi) are classified as "Mahalaya Paksha". The Pithrus (dead ancestors) are allowed to visit and stay with their families during this time. The meaning of "Pithru Tharpanam" is feeding the ancestors. Hence by doing "Pithru Tharpanam" during the Mahalaya Paksha, you are in fact feeding your ancestors. This would bring great blessing on all your family members. Let us see the best days for doing Pithru Puja @ Pithru Tharpanam; 1. Mahalaya Paksha starts on Avani  24th (Tamil month) / Bhadra or Bhadrapada 18th (Hindi month) / 9th September 2014 (Tuesday). 2. Mahalaya Paksha ends on Purattasi 7th (Tamil month) / Aswina 1st (Hindi month) / 23rd September 2014 (Tuesday). 3. All these days are equally good and important for doing

We have seen number of peoples getting affeted in their life despite performing Pitra Dosha Pariharam in an excellent manner. Some of the peoples, would perform Tharpanam (monthly basis) and Shraddam (yearly basis) with a clock-wise precision. Still they suffer from the malefic effects of the Pitra Dosh. Let us see the reason behind the failure of Pithru Dosha Pariharam. 1. If a person fails to look after his aged parents and/or aged in-laws and/or any aged person in the family. Please note that looking after the aged people doesn't mean that sending money to them on regular basis or placing them in an Old Age Home. If the aged people are isolated and compelled to live in isolation is like inviting a disaster to themselves and to the future generations. The Pitra Puja or Pitra Pariharam will not yield any results to the family, where the aged people are isolated or insulted or forced to fend for themselves. 2. The Pitru Dosha Pariharam will not deliver any results, if the pers

Let us understand that the basic methods or principles for the successful completion of Pitra Puja. This Guidelines are written keeping in mind that the readers come from various background like religion, caste and nationality. Hence this Guidelines are applicable for everyone, who lives in this world. 1. Try to worship your ancestors along with every member of the family. Do not allow the differences within your family members to stand in the way of the united worship. 2. Never ignore elderly person living in the family, while worshiping the dead ancestors. 3. Never speak ill about the departed souls. Don't make any unwanted comments about their past life. This Guidelines are especially applicable to the women, when they pray for the departed mother-in-law and for the men, when they pray for the departed father-in-law. 4. Do not offer any kind of non-vegetarian foods to the departed ancestors. Those who pray should not eat any kind of non-vegetarian foods. 5. Do not use

இறந் த பின்பு ஒரு வருடம் செய்ய வேண்டிய கடமைகள் யாவை ?  1. ஒருவர் இறந்த உடன் தனது ஸ்துல உடம்பினை விட்டு சூக்சம உடலை அடைகின்றனர். 2. இறந்தவரால் நாம் பேசுவதை கேட்க முடியும். ஆனால் அவர்கள் பேசுவதை நாம்   கேட்க முடியாது.   3. இறந்தவர்கள் மனோ வேகத்தில் செல்ல முடியும். அவர்கள் இந்த உலகத்தில் உள்ள பௌதிக ரீதியிலான விதிகளுக்கு உட்பட்டவர்கள் கிடையாது.   4. இறந்த பின்பு  12 நாட்கள் அவர்கள் இந்த பூமியில்தான் இருப்பார்கள். 5. தன்னுடைய குடும்பத்தினர் பேசுவது மற்றும் நடப்பதை முற்றிலும் தெரிந்து இருப்பார்கள்.   6. 13 வது நாள் அவர்கள் யம தூதுவர்களால் மேல் லோகத்திற்கு அழைத்து செல்ல படுவார்கள்.    7. தேவர்களுக்கு ஒரு நாள் என்பது நமக்கு ஒரு வருடம் ஆகும். 8. ஆத்மாக்கள் நமது நேரப்படி ஒரு வருடம் பூலோகத்தில் இருந்து மேல் லோகம் நோக்கி   பயணப்பட வேண்டும்.   9. பயண நேரத்தில் பலவிதமான துன்பங்களுக்கு ஆட்பட நேரிடும்.   10. ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும் தங்கள் செய்த நன்மை மற்றும் தீமையின் அடிபடையில் வேவ்வேறு விதமான துன்பங்களை அனுபவித்து கொண்டே நடந்து செல்ல வேண்டும். 11. அப்போது அவர்களுக

What is the importance of Yel (Tamil)/Tilli (Hindi)/Seasme (English)? The Seasme seeds are considered to be sacred and it satisfies the hunger and the thirst of your ancestors. When the seasme seeds are offered to the dead ancestors along with the water, it slowly reduces the binding relationship between the dead ancestors and their erstwhile members of the family. When the bond between the dead ancestors and their family members are broken, then the departed soul would be ready to make another journey for a re-birth in another family. Thus the Seasme seeds acts as a catalyst to break the bond between the living family members and the dead ancestors. Do's and Dont's while doing Pithru Tharpanam: 1. Never do this Pithru Tharpanam without taking head bath and your body & mind should be clean and calm. 2. Must do this Pithru Tharpanam on empty stomach (no coffee/water too) 3. Never eat Non Vegetarian foods on the day that you do this ritual. 4. It is highly sinful

People who live in and around Delhi can do the "Tharpanam & Pinda Tharpanam" in the below mentioned South Indian Temple. Krishna Dhama Plot No 3 , 2nd Phase Near Sec C-5 , Vasant Kunj,  New Delhi- 110070 Phone : 011-26895284 They Purohits never ask for any fixed charges. But you can donate upto Rs. 300/- for Tharpanam (done only with seasme seeds) and upto Rs. 500/- for Pinda Tharpanam (done with cooked rice and seasme seeds). Be generous to the Purohits but never get cheated too.  You can find the place in the Google Map by visiting the link:  Google Maps (Vasant Vihar) * The above information was provided by Ms. Sona Bedi (Reader and well wisher), who lives in Delhi * Readers are advised to give their comments, which would help others too. 

Giving Pithru Tharpanam on the banks of River Cauvery: 1. "Amma Mandapam" is loacted on the northern banks of River Cauvery. It is just 1/2 km away from the famous Lord Renganathar Temple loacted in Srirengam (an island within the river Cauvery). 2. The Srirengam is loacted within the Corporation limits of Tiruchi (Trichy/Tiruchirapalli) in central Tamilnadu. This town is easily accessible by Road/Rail/Air from Chennai/Bangalore. 3. The "Lord Renganatha Perumal" temple is one of the ancient and important Vaishnavite temples in India. 4. Major express trains halt at Srirengam Railway station before entering the Tiruchi Junction, while on its way from Chennai. 5. There are number of Lodges available both near the temple (in Srirengam) or near the Tiruchi Junction. The Amma Mandapam is about 5 Kms from the Tiruchi Junction. Route No 1 are available frequently (one bus for every 5 minutes) from Junction to Srirengam. 6. You can access the services of the Pu

As we had seen in our earlier posts about doing Pithru Tharpanam in Manikarniga Lake located in Thiruneermalai near Chennai. I wish to give few details for the readers to do Pithru Tharpanam: 1. The Manikarniga Lake is loacted in a small village loacted in the South Western suburb of Chennai 2. The Village is called as "Thiru - Neer - Malai" which has two magnificient Vishnu temples. There is a temple that is located in the foothills of a small hill and the presiding deity is called as "Neer-Vanna-Perumal". The presiding deity atop the small hill is called as the "Renganatha-Swamy-Perumal" 3. You can take the City Bus Route No 55 & 55 A which plies to Palanthandalam both from Tambaram and Pallavaram. Buses are frequent and charges are Rs. 5.00. 4. You can take Share Autos from Pallavaram which charges Rs. 15.00 per head. If you hire autos, they charge you around Rs. 100.00 to Rs. 120.00. 5. You can contact an aged Purohitar Thiru. Sampath

As per the Hindu Astrology, every Soul leaves its body and head towards Yama Loga. The Soul takes two things after its death. The "Virtue and Sins" are the two things that accompanies a dead person Soul to this Yama Loga. There the Soul is being subjected to scrutiny by Chitra Gupta (the Deputy of Lord Yama) in the august presence of Lord Yama and other dignitaries. The quantum of Punishments and rewards are decided on the basis of the Sins and Virtues. Thereafter the type of rebirth is also being assesed and decided. The Moksha helps the Soul to avoid being trapped into the vicious cycle of Life & Death. But how to attain Moksha? Is it possible to get it easily? The following 4 methods are given below: 1. Those who are born in the town of Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu) and worship and pray humbly to Lord Thiyagaraya Swami for the attainment of Moksha 2. Those who visit Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) once in their lifetime and by requesting humbly to the Lord Nataraja for

Many people including Brahmins suffer from the Pitra Dosha or Pithru Dosham, despite performing Pithru Puja on those stipulated days. It is quite ironical to note that Archakas despite doing their noble duties, also suffer from this agony. What could be the reason? Could the concept of Pitra Dosha or Pithru Dosham be wrong? Let us find out the answer for these million dollar question. Our Vedas has clearly stated that the punishment of comitting the sin for each and every person irrespective of caste and creed. But at the same time, it stipulates harsher punishment for Brahmins (those who follow vedic principles) higher than a common person for the similar type of sin. This is because, Brahmins are supposed to be the torch bearers of Vedic principle. The Vedas keeps Brahmins in a higher position for their rightdoing and harsher punishment for their wrongdoing. 1. One can not do Pitra Puja or Pithru Puja and simultanouely commit sins. Pitra Puja or Pithru puja becomes defunct whi

The fundamental concept of doing this Pitra Tharpanam or Pithru Tharpanam is to understand the following issues. 1. The Souls do not die; they transform to a different form. 2. There are strong connections between the departed souls to their living offspring. 3. The departed souls expect the warmth relationship and attention towards them; also they expect their offsprings to do all these Pitra Tharpanam, so as to attain salvation and get ready for their next re-birth. So they expect their Sons/daughters to perform this Pitra Tharpanam or Pithru Tharpanam, to help them to finish their stay in Pitra Loga or Pithru Loga (World). So the money and luxury does not get counted here; rather the love, affection and unforgetting attitude towards their departed anscestors help the person to gain immense benefit out of it. So Pitra Tharpanam or Pitra puja would bring beneficial results only through the personal involvement of the concerned person; not by doing it through proxies. In fac

WHAT IS MAHALAYA AMAVASYA? Mahalaya Amavasya is the highly auspicious time for performing Pitra Puja or Pithru Puja to pacify the departed souls of the anscestors. The period starting from the Pirathamai Thithi (Tamil) or Pratipad Thithi (Hindi) (that is) the day next to Full Moon day (Poornima/Pournami) in the tamil month of Purattasi (Sept 15th - Oct 15th) and ending on the Amavasya Thithi (New Moon day) is the most auspicious time for performing this Pithru Puja. It is good if the Pitra Puja is done on daily basis (15 days). If that is not possible, doing the Pitra Puja atleast on the day with Bharani Star and day with Ashtami Thithi is highly auspicious. Also doing the Pitra Puja on Mahalaya Amavasya day is highly auspicious and it gives the full satisfaction to the departed anscestors; who in turn would bless the whole family members. Do the Pitra Puja and see the smiling face of your family members. Mahalaya Amavasya is the best chance never to be missed by each and eve

Which is the best time to do Pitra Puja? Garuda asks Lord Narayana about the best timings of doing Pitra Puja or Pithru Puja. Lord Narayana replies that every person who has born in this world is bound to worship their anscestors on regular basis; 365 days in a year. Garuda asks Lord Narayana that if a person is not able to do this puja on daily basis, what else he can do? Lord Narayana replies that everyone must perform puja atleast on the 96 shrartha days in a year. When Garuda asks Lord Narayana for those who are not able to do this; what should be done? Lord Narayana replies that atleast once in a month (@12 times a year) either on 1. New Moon Day (Amavasya) 2. First day of Tamil month 3. Or atleast on the thithi of his/her immediate departed ancestors. Garuda asks for the people who do not perform this puja too. Lord Narayana replies that everyone should perform this puja on the yearly thithi of his/her immediate departed ancestors. Because our ancestors live in