PITRA DOSHA

Why should you pay for the sins of our ancestors? Many would have the following questions in their mind about the "Pitra Dosha" 1. Why I should pay for the sins of the ancestors? 2. I live in a morally and ethically correct? Then why I should be affected by the "Pitra Dosha"? 3. Many non-hindus are there; and they don't know anything about the "Pitra Dosha"' but still living happily! Why only I should get affected, just because I had born as a Hindu? Let us find the answers for all these questions: As per the Hindu Religion, everybody does good and bad things during their lifetime. You earn good Karma for your good deeds; and earn bad karma for your wrongful deeds. A soul must delete both good karma and also the bad karma during its lifetime that it had earned in its previous birth. Good deeds would be rewarded in the following manner: 1. Geeting born to an excellent parent; and family structure 2. Getting born with an excelle...

Vedic Astrology: Planetary Position that indicate the critical moments for the Terminally ill Patients:  There are some critical moments for a patient to cross from an ailment. In those periods the patient would go very critical and the anxiety level reaches peak among their relatives. Let us find those periods. 1. If the Moon is in the 8th house from the patient's Rasi (Moon Sign). 2. If the Moon is traversing in the patient's Birth Star. 3. If Saturn, Mars, Rahu and Kethu traverses in the 22nd Star or 88th Path from the patient's Birth Star. 4. If 6th, 8th and 12th house lords traverses in the 22nd Star or 88th Path from the patient's Birth Star. Suppose a day with above mentioned planetary position comes on Sunday, Saturday & Tuesday, then the position becomes extremely precarious.  Again if that day comes with Full Moon Day (Poornima) and New Moon Day (Amavasya) then the risk increases manifold. The situation would remain critical, w...

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...

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.   Pla...

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 Tryod...

2015 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 Purattasi 11th (Tamil month) /Aswina (Thulayana) 6th (Hindi month) / 28th September 2015 (Monday). 2. Mahalaya Paksha ends on Purattasi 25th (Tamil month) / Aswina 20th (Hindi month) / 12th October 2015 (Monday). 3. All these days are equally good and important ...

Important Duty of the Son/Daughter to their Aged Parents:  As per the Hindu Vedas, the Pitra Dosha is likely to affect the offspring of the Person (or) the Family who has neglected their aged Parents (or) aged Peoples. 1. Every male must look after their aged parents with care and respect; the women (daughter-in-law) must not abuse them and ill treat them 2. Every male must also look after their father-in-law and mother-in-law, if they don't have any male offspring. 3. Every male must look after their family elders, if they are destitute and financially poor. What do you mean by "Looking after" the aged Parents/Peoples? 1. The Parents/Elders must be treated with care and respect. 2. Sending money or food doesn't mean that the Parents & Persons are looked after well. 3. Physical care and attention must be given @ aged Parents/Peoples must not be isolated or forced to remain or live alone. 4. Mis-treating the aged peoples because of their age, sta...

Dosham occuring due to the Death:  If a death occurs on a day with following Nakshatra, then the death brings "Pinda Nool Dosha" to the remaining members of the family. 1. Kettai - Jyestha 2. Karthigai - Kiruthigai 3. Pooram - Poorva 4. Purattathi - Purva Bhadra 5. Pooradam - Purva Sada 6. Ayilyam - Ashlesha 7. Bharani 8. Thiruvathira - Aridra 9. Moolam - Moola Implications of the Pinda Nool Dosha:  A death on these above mentioned Nakshatra would bring in subsquent deaths in the same family within a year. It could affect any member of the family but the person who had done the last rites are the most vulenrable to this particular dosha. Remedial Measures to avoid the bad effects of the "Pinda Nool Dosha":  1. The Corpse of the dead person must be cremated on the same day before sunset. The body should not be kept in the house overnight for any reason. 2. A Lamp filled with seasme seeds oil must be lit up after the death and the care must be t...

What happen to the Soul on the 5th month from its death?  Importance of Cow Dhanam:  As per the Hindu Vedas, when a person is dead, its soul would travel one year to reach the Pitru Loga. That is, the journey of the soul would start from the 13th day from its death date and ends on the same thithi in the same month in the next year according to the Hindu Calendar. 1 year period for the humans living in the earth equals one day period for the Devas (those living in the upper world). That is, the Soul will travel 1 day (as per the period calculated by the Devas) to reach the upper world. But the Soul will have to make arduous and treacherous journey for the next one year from the day it leaves the world before it reaches the upper world. On the 5th month of its journey, the Soul has to cross a river named Vaitarani. The river will look pleasant and beautiful to the eyes of the righteous person and will be able to cross successfully to the other side of the river to cont...

Pitra Dosha and Business Ethics: There many connections to our life and death to the ethics maintained by us in our business. Here are the expectations of the every humans. 1. Wanted to live healthy and comfortably till the last day of our life. 2. Never to remain isolated from the immediate family members @ don't want to spend the aged life in a home or orphange. 3. Want to live with diginity and respect. Don't want it to be abused by their own family members. 4. Don't want to experience a slow and painful death @ bed-ridden life. 5. Don't want to undergo the agony of death. 6. Don't want to face sudden or terrible death. When a Person dies, his/her soul will be taken to the "Pithru Logam" meaning World of Dead Ancestors. The Journey to the Pithru Logam commences on the 13th day from the date of death and ends on the exactly one year from the date of death. Hence the Journey would go on for nearly 12 months. During this journey, the soul ...

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 ...

How to find out Pitra Dosha (Pithru Dosham) through the Horoscope? 1. The presence of the Sun, descending Moon, Mars, Raghu, Sun, Shani and Kethu in the 5 th   house indicates the Pithru dosham (Pitra Dosha). 2.   The 5 th  and/or 9th  house lord getting debilitated or in retrograde position or getting weakened. 3. The 5 th  and/or 9th  house lord is either being associated with malefic planets or staying in a malefic house. 4. The presence of debilitated or retrograde planets in the 5 th  and/or 9th  house. 5. The 5 th   house and/or 9th house lord is getting weak in the Navamsa chart. 6. The 5 th   house lord and/or 9th house lord traversing in the Star of a malefic planet or traversing in the 22 nd   star/88 division from the birth Star. 7.    Association of 5 th  and/or 9th  house lord with Raghu/Kethu in any house. 8. If the Raghu or Kethu is placed ...

Simple method to get wonderful results to remove the "Pitra Dosha" 1. Try to do Pithru Tharpanam (using black seasme seeds) on daily basis by spending atleast 10 minutes in the early morning. Please read this page to find out the methods for doing the Pithru Tharpanam   http://pithrudosham.blogspot.in/p/pithru-tharpanam.html 2. If you are not able to do it on daily basis, please do it on the following days @ Days with Amavasya (New Moon), first day of Hindu calendar months and days that comes with the thithi of the departed ancestor. 3. Even if you are not able to do it on all these days, you can select any of the days and perform the Pithru Tharpanam. 4. The Pithru Tharpanam done on the banks of the sacred river or desginated temples or holy places would deliver 100 times good results over the Tharpanam being done in the house. 5. Giving Pinda Tharpanam is highly effective than giving Yel (Tamil), Till (Hindi) Seasme seeds Tharpanam. 6. Doing Shraddham (remembra...