PITRA DOSHA

Shraddham is a ritual (similar to the Tharpanam done on daily basis) to satisfy and remember the ancestors on the day (that comes with the exact Thithi) that their ancestors had departed from this world. Facts about the Shraddham: 1. Even if anyone who forgets to do "Pithru Tharpanam" on daily/monthly basis, he must do the Shraddham without fail. 2. Shraddham must be done throughout his lifetime to his departed parents, maternal and paternal grand parents. 3. No one should discontinue this Shraddham ritual during his lifetime. 4. It is always better to do Shraddham for every departed ancestors separately on the day that comes with the Thithi. If that is not possible, atleast the Shraddham must be done on the day (yearly Thithi of his Father/Mother) on a collective manner. 5. Shraddham would quench the thrist and hunger of the departed souls. It is like feeding them on a daily basis. 6. It is a highly welcome practice, if the Shraddham are done in the designated

பித்ரு தர்ப்பணம் செய்யும் பொழுது சொல்ல வேண்டிய மந்திரம்.  சிரார்த்தம் செய்த பின்பு அல்லது தர்ப்பணம் செய்து முடித்த பின்பு கீழே கொடுத்து உள்ள மந்திரத்தினை புண்ணிய நதி அல்லது புண்ணிய இடத்தில் இருந்து சொல்வதால் பித்ருக்கள் மிகவும் திருப்தி அடைவர். அவர்கள் மோக்ஷம் செல்ல வழி கிடைக்கும்.  அயோத்யா மதுரா கயா காசீ காஞ்சீ ஹி அவந்திகா பூரீ த்வாரவதீ ஜ்ஞயா; ஸப்தைதா: மோக்ஷதாயகா:

Reciting the following Mantra during the Pithru Puja or Pithru Tharpanam would bring immense benefits. Ayodhya Madhura Gaya Kashi Kanchi ke Avantika Puri dhuvara-vathee ij-gngae-yaa: sap-thai-thaa; moksha-thaayaha

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

There are 4 Manikarnika lakes in our holy India. Let us see the details and loactions of all these Manikarnika Lakes. 1. Varanasi: The Manikarnika Ghat ( मणिकर्णिका घाट)  located in the banks of Ganges river in Varanasi (located in Uttar Pradesh, India) 2. Thiruppuvanam: The Lord Pungavaneswarar (Lord Shiva) temple located in the banks of river Vaigai in the town of Tiruppuvanam located east of Madurai. The town Tiruppuvanam is on the National Highway connecting Madurai with Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, India. 3. Vedaranyam: The Manikarnika Pond in the Lord Tharpaneswarar (Lord Shiva) temple located near Vedaranyam in the Nagappatinam District, Tamilnadu, India. 4. Thiruneermalai: The Manikarnika Pond located on the foothills of mountain where Lord Renganathar Temple is located. The Thiruneermalai is located very near to Pallavaram, the south western suburb of Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.  

Manikarnika Lake is an ideal place for doing Pithru Tharpanam especially during the "Mahalaya Amavasya". Lord Vishnu had created a beautiful pond by using his armour "The Chakra" in a very bright spot in this world. The Lord wanted her sister Goddess Parvathi and the Lord Shiva to take bath in that particular lake without anyone's disturbances. The Goddess Parvathi wanted to set right her jewellery before taking the bath. So the Goddess adjusted her jewellery by looking into the water in the Pond. At that time her necklace jewellery got loosened and the bead (Mani) fell into the lake. To take out the beads (Mani), Lord Shiva also looked at the water in the Pond. At that particular time, his Karna Kundalam (Jewellery) also fell into the water. Thus the Pond gets sanitized and becomes a holy place. Since the Mani (beads of Goddess Parvathi) and Karna Kundalam (Jewellery) fell into the pond, it is being called as Manikarnika Lake. By doing Pithru Tharpanam

As per the Hindu Vedic Principles, anyone who creates or instrumental in creating a water body will attain moksha and his 21 future generations would enjoy his/her virtues. This will ensure complete protection to his offsprings and bless them with all the goodness in this life.  The creation of Water bodies like lakes, ponds, canals, tube wells, bore wells and water storage tanks that caters to the general public without any restrictions by any individual involved either directly or indirectly would bring enormous amount of Virtues to the concerned person, his family members and it is carried forward to the next 21 generations. Similar way, if any one is instrumental in closing, destroying or polluting those water bodies would receive the Pitra Dosha that is carried forward to his/her next 21 generations. Now let us come to the point. If you have to close a tube well or bore well in your house, do a Puja in your house and pray to both your anscestors and the God and seek their b