Mahalaya Amavasya Pitru Paksha Dates, Puja Cost, and Booking

During this time, it is advised to perform Pitru dosha Parihara poojas and Narayana Bali poojas. Mahalaya Amavaysa is highly preferred for all Pitru Parihara Poojas. Performing the rituals at Rameswaram (one of the 12 Jyotirlingas) is advisable for effective results.

Dress Code

Gents: dhoti (white) and shirt or kurta and pyjama.
Ladies: saree or salwar kameez (with Pallu Compulsory).
All devotees are requested not to wear clothes such as T-shirts, jeans, etc., as they are strictly prohibited, irrespective of age group.

Mahalaya Amavasya Pitru Paksha Puja

Considered the most significant day in the year for carrying rituals and rites, the last day of the month, holy for presenting offerings to departed predecessors, is the new moon day. The Mahalaya Paksha is this dark period between September and October. For every Hindu, the day of Mahalaya Amavasya is one of great significance and meaning. With prayers for peace, it is the yearly celebration meant to honor the souls of forefathers. Especially devoted to the offerings of such departed souls is the fortnight before the new moon. Considered to be equal to those carried out at Gaya, rites are conducted in honor of forefathers during every day of this fortnight. The worship of those who passed away and fulfilling their wishes so that they would be in peace for the rest of the year defines the essence of all such rites.

Old Hindu teachings claim that the sun enters the sign Virgo (Kanya) on Mahalaya Amavasya alongside the moon in combination. On this day, it is said that ancestors leave their residence and descend into the world of human beings, therefore occupying the homes of their descendants. Every new moon day, Hindus present offerings of water to the deceased. Every year on the death anniversary, there are other recommended rituals. The Sraddha ritual is underway here. These celebrations, especially during Mahalaya, have great significance since the rites carried out throughout these two weeks have a unique impact. A gift from Lord Yama allows the sacrifices to reach the departed souls straightforwardly and instantly. Renowned hero Karna, based on the Mahabharata, was a very giving man. Hundred times in paradise, the immense good he had done on Earth returned to him after death. All he found, though, was gold and silver. There was no food since, during his lifetime, he was quite giving with wealth and silver. To compensate, he prayed to God of Death and was returned to earth for fourteen days.

Over the fourteen days, he fed the underprivileged and presented water offerings. He was served plenty of food on his way back to heaven. Celebrated in the Mahalaya Paksha are the fourteen days. It is said that Lord Yama’s grace helped it to be so established that such rites carried at this specific period obtained special benefits. These offerings on this Pitru-paksha Amavasya day also went to individuals who died without descendants. These rites benefited all individuals who had neglected to do acts of charity and Anna-Dana (gift of food), therefore losing themselves of these pleasures in the Pitru Loka.

Those dead whose date of death is unknown and whose annual Sraddha cannot be performed also receive these offerings on Pitru Paksha. To those whose death was unnatural and to whom, thus, gifts cannot reach in the normal course, too, the Pitru Paksha offerings approach directly. Nowadays, Hindus view this Paksha with tremendous faith and respect, as well as charitable food donations.

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A minimum of 7 to 10 days of booking is advisable to make the puja arrangements.