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1. Pitru Paksha is a 16-day Hindu period to pay homage to ancestors through food offerings. It falls in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. 2. Upanyasas and slides are provided on topics related to Pitru Paksha, including rituals, stories from scriptures, and Shraddha ceremonies and practices. 3. The sources referenced include teachings from various Madhva scholars and Pejavara Matha to help understand the significance and observances of Pitru Paksha.

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Pitru Paksha

1. Pitru Paksha is a 16-day Hindu period to pay homage to ancestors through food offerings. It falls in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. 2. Upanyasas and slides are provided on topics related to Pitru Paksha, including rituals, stories from scriptures, and Shraddha ceremonies and practices. 3. The sources referenced include teachings from various Madhva scholars and Pejavara Matha to help understand the significance and observances of Pitru Paksha.

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PITRU PAKSHA

ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः

The purpose of this white paper is to provide a very high-level overview.


Resources reference is from various Aastha Mattha Srigalu, scholars and all
Acharya for their encouragement.
My humble sashtanga namaskar – obeisance to all of them.
Any errors and omissions are mine, credits to the core resources.
On the occasion of the most auspicious parva kAla, pitru paksha.
Attempt has been made to inform the novice and advanced devotee’s, which
is a very wide audience
Let us consider this as a wip and please provide inputs to improve quality.
This is a marathon not a sprint towards acquiring Jyana.
The content is very rich and please do not feel overwhelmed by it. May be a
topic for next Jnana satra

What is it?
Pitru Paksha is a 16–lunar day period in Hindu calendar when Hindus pay
homage to their ancestors (Pitrs), especially through food offerings.
The period is also known as Pitri Paksha/Pitr-Paksha, Pitri Pokkho, Sorah
Shraddha ("sixteen shraddhas"), Kanagat, Jitiya, Mahalaya, Apara Paksha
and akhadpak, Pitru Pandharavda or pitru paksh (in Marathi).
Pitru Paksha is considered by Hindus to be inauspicious, given the death rite
performed during the ceremony, known as Shraddha or Tarpana.
In southern and western India, it falls in the 2nd paksha (fortnight) Hindu
lunar month of Bhadrapada (September) and follows the fortnight
immediately after Ganesh Utsav.
It begins on the Pratipada (first day of the fortnight) ending with the no
moon day known as Sarvapitri Amavasya, Pitri Amavasya, Peddala
Amavasya, Mahalaya Amavasya. The end of Pitru Paksha and the beginning
of Matri Paksha is named as Mahalaya.
Mahalaya Amavasya is a special day dedicated to making an offering to
express our gratitude to all the previous generations of people who have
contributed to our life.
Upanyasa / Sermon:
Introduction:
Awesome UpanyAsa on a few padyas in shrI pitru gaNa sandhi by parama
pUjya shrI shrI shrI vidyAdheesha theertha shrIpAdaru.

Core Content:
Here are links to a series of MUST listen to awesome upanyAsa by parama
pUjya shrI suvidyEndra theertha shrIpAdaru on enlightening all of us on
pavitra pitru yagna / shrAddha. shrI shrIpAdaru narrates how chira pitru
dEvathegaLu will deliver aahara (food) to our laukika pitrugaLu giving
fantastic examples of 'darshana smaraNa sparshanAth'.

ShrI shrIpAdaru wonderfully explains why our Lord shrI nArAyaNa is mahA
adBhuta who has created this amazing universe as extolled by shrImadh
Acharyaru 'bahu chitra jagat bahudAkaraNAth para shaktir anantha guNah
paramaH'. Even a nAstika MUST accept that this universe is true (sathya)
and the lord who created this sathya jagath is 'satyasya satyam' as praised
in shrImad BhAgavata by shrI chaturmuKha brahma dEvaru in shrI garbha
stuti.
For reference Srigalu is elucidating Pitru Ganasandhi from
Sri Hari Kathamruta Sara
1. Pitru Ganasandhi part 1
2. Pitru Ganasandhi part 2
3. Pitru Ganasandhi part 3
4. Pitru GanaSandhi part 4
5. Pitru GanaSandhi part 5
Hint: Open both links and listen. Understanding will be enriched
3. Here are some slides on ShrAddha Kalpa having some facts about shri
vishvE dEvathegalu, shrI pitru dEvathegaLu, shrI purusha sUktha, shrI
kaTOpanishath (3rd adhyAya), important shlOkas in sri harivaMsa purANa,
shrAddha niyamagalu etc.

In the sEva of shrI hari, vAyu and gurugaLu,


--
nAham kartA hariH kartA tatpUjA karmachaakhilam.h|
taThaapi matkR^itaa pUja tatprasaadhEna naanyaThaa|
tadbhakti tadphalam.h mahyam.h tatprasaadaat.h punaH |
karmanyaasO harAvevam.h vishNOsthR^iptikaraH sadhA ||

"I am not the doer, shri Hari is the doer, all the actions that I do are His
worship. Even then, the worship I do is through His grace and not otherwise.
That devotion and the fruits of the actions that come to me are due to His
recurring grace"
If one always practices to do actions with a dedicated spirit to Hari, in this
way, it pleases Vishnu.
--- Quoted by Sri madhvAchArya in GitA tAtparya

Sources:
1. Palimaru Matha
2. Pejavara Matha
3. Bala Krishna
4. Numerous other scholars

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