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PITRA THARPANAM



What is Pitra Tharpanam or Pithru Tharpanam?


Pitra (Pithru) means your ancestors; Tharpanam means to satisfy or to please. So, Pitra (Pithru) Tharpanam means satisfying the ancestors. Rituals that are connected to satisfy your ancestors remove the curse on your family.


There are many spiritual debts that each one of us needs to pay every day. One of these is our daily debt to our departed ancestors known as Pitra (Pithru). To pay off this debt, what we need to do daily is the worship procedure known as Pitra Tharpanam or Pithru Tharpanam. This worship procedure is quite easy. You can do it in about 10 minutes or so. 



What you need to do Pitra Tharpanam?


1.     A mat to sit on preferably made of sacred Darbha grass (also known as Kusa grass). A wooden plank or clean cloth made of natural fibers such as cotton or wool can also be used as a mat.
2.     A clean plate made of wood, copper, brass or silver. Iron, Glass and stainless steel are not appropriate.
3.     Clean water in a wood, copper, brass or silver cup that is convenient to hold in your left hand. You may also want to have water in a separate bowl. Glass and stainless steel are not appropriate.
4.     Black sesame seeds (ellu in Tamil, till in Hindi). If you are male, use black sesame seeds. If you are female, use white sesame seeds.
5.     Darbha grass (also known as Kusa grass)
6.     Pavitram made of Darbha grass to be worn on the ring finger of the right hand. 





How to select the names of the ancestors for doing this Pitra Tharpanam or Pithru Tharpanam?


You must select 12 recently departed ancestors as per the family lineage given below.
1.     Select 3 ancestors, who are recently departed as per the details given below (Paternal Male lineage)


 1.
Father
Sundaram
 2.
Paternal Grand Father
Subbiah
 3.
Paternal Great Grand Father
Nalla Thambi


2.     Select 3 ancestors, who are recently departed as per the details given below (Paternal Female lineage)


 1.
Mother
Gnanammal
 2.
Paternal Grand Mother
Vellathaiammal
 3.
Paternal Great Grand Mother
Name not known


3.     Select 3 ancestors, who are recently departed as per the details given below (Maternal Male Lineage).


             
 1.
Maternal Grand Father
Seetha Lakshmi
 2.
Mother’s Grand Father
Petchiammal
 3.
Mother’s Great Grand Father
Name not known



4.     Select 3 ancestors, who are recently departed as per the details given below (Maternal Female Lineage).


 1.
Maternal Grand Mother
Nacharammal
 2.
Mother’s Grand Mother
Name not unknown
 3.
Mother’s Great Grand Mother
Name not known



What is the method of doing these Pitra Tharpanams or Pithru Tharpanam by our self?


2.     Spread the mat and sit facing east.
3.     Pray to Lord Ganesha first and then to Lord Surya Narayana who is the Lord of the Pithru ancestral beings. Request them to bless the Tharpanam pooja that you are about to perform.
4.     Place the plate in front of you and arrange the Tharpanam grid (made of Darbha grass) as shown above. First place the 3 vertical strips of Darbha grass and then the 3 horizontal strips. Each line shown above should have a minimum of 3 Darbha grass strips. Since there are 6 lines in total, you need a minimum of 6 x 3 = 18 Darbha grass strips.
5.     Now you can see that there are 12 tips in total, 3 at the top, 3 at the bottom, 3 on the right and 3 on the left. The top 3 tips represent the 3 most recently departed male ancestors on the father's side. The bottom 3 tips represent the 3 most recently departed female ancestors on the father's side.The 3 tips on the right represent the 3 most recently departed male ancestors on the mother's side. The 3 tips on the left represent the 3 most recently departed female ancestors on the mother's side.



With all your heart, request exalted Pithru ancestral beings to be present in this Tharpanam grid and accept the humble offerings that you are about to give. Now you are ready to do the actual Tharpanam cerem

Please read these points carefully before doing the Pitra Tharpanam or Pithru Tharpanam.

 

1.     Pitra Tharpanamis done only for departed beings, that is, those who are dead. Pitra Tharpanam is not done for those who are alive.
2.     If you don't know the name of an ancestor, that is fine. Just state the relationship alone and offer Tharpanam for that ancestor.
3.     If you know the gotra lineage of a person, say it just before you mention the relationship, e.g., Sri Vatsa Gotra great grandfather Muruga or Vadhoola Gotra friend Suresh in the examples above. If you do not know the gotra of the person or you do not know what gotra is, just ignore this step.
4.     For those who wear the sacred thread, change it to your right shoulder at the beginning of the Pitra Tharpanam ceremony and back to the left shoulder at the end of the ceremony. There are special mantras for this step. If you don't wear the sacred thread, ignore this step.
5.     Can also do Pitra Tharpanam for more than 12 departed ancestors.
6.     There are special mantras for each specific ancestor. These special mantras will have their special effect for sure.
7.     The Pitra Tharpanam has to be done at the Sunrise; some people follow the procedure of doing this around noon.
8.     The Pitra Tharpanams could be done in the comfort of your house. It is very wonderful to do in the designated temples or on the banks of sacred rivers. It gives very good results, if it is done at Pithru Moksha temples or sacred spots.
9.     Pithru Tharpanam or Pitra Tharpanam can be performed by the following peoples. Elder Son/ other Son/ Wife/ Daughter/ Second wife/ Son or daughter of the Second wife/ Son or boy born out of wedlock.





How to do Pitra Tharpanam (Pithru Tharpanam)?


1.     Pray to Lord Ganesha to make these rituals to become successful.
2.     Hold on to Black Till/ Gingelly seeds in your right hand palm. Hold water vessel on your left hand. Pour water into the right hand palm and slowly tilt your right hand so that the black till seeds along with the water flows through the gap between the right hand thumb and right index finger and fall directly into the tip of the Darbha grass.  Repeat the process for 3 times. 
3.     Now move on to the 2-nd tip and do the Tharpanam 3 times on that tip. In this way, repeat this process for all 12 ancestors, i.e., on all 12 tips. 3 times per tip and a total of 12 tips would mean that you make a minimum of 36 Tharpanam offerings for your Pitra or Pithru ancestors each time you do Pitra Tharpanam.   
5.     When your Pitra Tharpanam is complete, remove the Pavitram from your ring finger, unroll it and place it on top of the Darbha grass used in the Tharpanam.
6.     Pray to Lord Narayana and the exalted Pithru and prostrate yourself (full body namaskar) towards the southern direction 12 times. 
7.     Dispose off the sesame seeds, water and Darbha grass used in the ceremony respectfully by depositing them into a flowing river or ocean or a large pond or well. An alternate method is to separate the sesame seeds from the water, pour the water alone at the base of sacred trees and feed the sesame seeds to birds. The important thing here is that the sesame seeds should not sprout.


பித்ரு தோஷம் போக்குவது எப்படி ? (PITHRU THARPANAM IN TAMIL)

1. கிழக்கு அல்லது  தெற்கு நோக்கி அமரவும்.
2. பித்தளை அல்லது செம்பு பாத்திரத்தில் தண்ணீர் எடுத்து கொள்ளவும்/
3. காலை ஆறு மணி அளவில் செய்ய வேண்டும்.
4. உடம்பு, மனம் தூய்மையாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.
5. மனதில் விநாயகரை வணங்க வேண்டும்.
6. பின்பு இறந்த முன்னோர்களை மனதில் அன்புடன் தியானிக்க வேண்டும்.
7. நம்முடைய குறைகளை மன்னித்து நாம் அளிக்கும் தர்பணத்தை எற்று கொள்ளும்மாறு வேண்டிக்கொள்ளவும். 
8. வலது உள்ளங்கையில் கருப்பு எள்ளினை எடுத்து கொள்ளவும்.
9. பாத்திரத்தில் இருந்து சிறிய அளவு தண்ணீரை எடது கையினால் கரண்டி மூலம் எடுத்து வலது உள்ளங்கையில் இருக்கும் எள்ளின் மீது ஊற்ற வேண்டும்.
10. வானத்தை நோக்கி இறந்த முன்னோர்களை அழைத்து நாம் கொடுக்கும் இந்த தர்பணத்தை ஏற்று கொள்ளுமாறு வேண்டவேண்டும்.
11. பின்பு தண்ணீருடன் உள்ள எள்ளினை வலது கையில் உள்ள ஆள்காட்டி விரல் மற்றும் பெரிய விரல் நடுவில் விழும்படி நமது கையினை வலது பக்கமாக சாய்க்க வேண்டும்.
12. கிழே விழும் தண்ணீர்  மற்றும் எள் நமது கைக்கு அடியில் வைத்திருக்கும் தாம்பாளத்தில் விழும்மாறு பார்த்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
13. இதை மூன்று முறை செய்ய வேண்டும்.
14. பின்பு தாம்பாளத்தில் உள்ள எள் மற்றும் தண்ணீரை கால் படாத இடத்தில் உற்ற வேண்டும். 
15. கருப்பு எள் முளை விடாதவாறு பார்த்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். முடிந்தவரை ஓடும் தண்ணீரில் போடுவது நல்லது. 
16. பெண்கள் செய்தால் வெள்ளை எள் உபயோக படுத்த வேண்டும்.
17. தர்ப்பணம் செய்து முடித்த பின்னர் அந்த இடத்தில் சிறிய மாக்கோலம் போடவும்.
18. இது முடிந்த பின்னர் சாப்பிடலாம்.

மற்றொரு முறை:

19. தாம்பாளத்தில் பச்சரிசி சாதம் செய்து  அதன் மீதும் எள்ளை போடலாம்.
20. பின்பு எள்ளை சாதத்துடன் கலந்து காகம்/பசு மாடுவிற்கு கொடுக்கலாம்.
21. பசு மாட்டிற்கு வாழைக்காய், வெல்லம் கலந்த அரிசி, அகத்தி கீரை மற்றும் சக்கரை பொங்கல் கொடுக்கலாம்.
22. இதை தினந்தோறும் செய்வது நல்லது.
23. இல்லை என்றல் மாதம் முதல் நாள், அமாவசை மற்றும் முன்னோர் இறந்த திதியினை கணக்கிட்டு மாதத்திற்கு 3 முறையாவது செய்ய வேண்டும். 

குறிப்பு :

1. எவர்சில்வர், இரும்பு, பிளாஸ்டிக், கண்ணாடி மற்றும்  பீங்கான் உபயோக்கிக்க கூடாது.
2. மணி அடித்து கும்பிட கூடாது.
3. சுத்தம் இல்லாமல் செய்ய கூடாது.
4. அன்பும் உண்மையான பாசமும் நமக்கு முன்னோர்களின் ஆசியை விரைவில் பெற்று தரும்.












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