![]() These pithrus, since they have left the world are solely dependent on only their progeny to feed them. It is according to our concept lunch time for the people populating the pithru loka. This portion gets exposed to sun on the new moon days. The pithru loka is supposed to be on the unseen side of the moon. These devas receive our oblations and make it reach to our manes wherever they are and in whichever form they are. ![]() The pithru loka is populated by three group of pithru devas viz, Vasu, Rudra and Adhithya. All the manes are supposed by our religion to live in the Pithru loka for some time and either be reborn as any being or go to lokas like deva loka, Vaikunta etc or even attain salvation by getting mixed with god. ![]() If maternal grand father is alive Tharpanam should not be done for his family but restricted to our family. ![]() Only those whose father is dead are eligible to do Tharpanam. But what we mean by the word Tharpanam is the offering of water mixed with gingelly to the manes.(dead ancestors).Though we have several ancestors, this offering is addressed to three generations of father, grand father and great grand father along with their wives in our family and maternal grand father, his father and grand father along with their wives in our mothers birth family. Tharpanam Tharpanam means “That offering which satisfies”. ![]()
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