Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Mahalaya Amavasya is the new moon that ends Pitru Paksha, when all the ancestors are offered tarpana.
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
It is the day of the Sarva Pitru Amavasya, on which the ancestors whose date is not known are remembered. In Bengal it is also the day the Goddess is invoked, and the recitation of the Mahishasura Mardini on the radio opens the Durga Puja season.
Key Rituals & Observance
Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices
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Tarpana and Shraddha for all the ancestors.
- 2Step 2
Feeding of Brahmins and the poor.
- 3Step 3
In Bengal, the invocation of Goddess Durga.
Sacred Deity & Powerful Mantras
The Ancestors (Pitrs) • Vedic and Puranic chants for peace and blessings
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The Ancestors (Pitrs) · Mantra
ॐ पितृभ्यः स्वधा नमः ॥
Om Pitrubhyah Svadha Namah
Meaning
Salutations to The Ancestors (Pitrs).
108 JapaSacred Mantra