Updated Oct 11, 2023 | 10:05 AM IST

Know the significance of Amavasya of Pitru Paksha

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Saturday, October 14 is the last day of Pitru Paksha. This day is called Sarvapitri Moksha Amavasya. The significance of Amavasya of Pitru Paksha is very high in Hinduism because on this day, Shraddha and incense meditation is performed for all the ancestors.

This day Shraddha rituals is performed for all those ancestors whose date of death is not known and also for those for whom one has forgotten. One should perform the Shraddha rituals during Pitru Paksha.

According to astrologers, the ancestors are greatly pleased by the incense meditation done during Pitru Paksha. It is believed that people whose ancestral deities are not satisfied have to face many problems in their daily life. They struggle to achieve their goals and face obstacles every step of the way. To please such ancestors, Shraddha must be performed during Pitripaksha.

How to meditate under sun on Amavasya

On Amavasya day one should wake up early in the morning and have a bath and then prepare to worship. After worshipping one should prepare pure Satvik food for the ancestors. The preferred dish to be prepared is kheer-puri. Cover the place where you want to meditate with incense sticks and cow dung.

Sprinkle Ganga water at the place where you want to meditate. Burn the pots made of cow dung and when the smoke stops coming out from the embers of the pot, then offer jaggery, ghee, kheer-puri on the embers. Keep meditating for your ancestors.

After this take some water in the palm and offer it to the ancestors from the thumb side.

If you wish, you can also meditate on incense with the help of a Brahmin. By doing this you will be able to meditate properly. After performing Shraddha, make some donations to the Brahmin and provie food to them and to the needy people.

Do this auspicious work on Amavasya

Donate money, grains, shoes, slippers and clothes to the needy people on Amavasya. If possible, also serve food to them.

One can also keep food outside the house for cows, dogs and crows. Donate money or grain to a cow shelter for the care of cows. Feed green grass to cows. One can also make balls of flour and feed them to the fishes in rivers or ponds.

On Saturday one should donate oil for Shani Dev and light a lamp in front of Hanuman ji and recite the Hanuman Chalisa.

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Amavasya of Pitru Paksha on 14th October: Do Incense-Meditation for Those Whose Date of Death is Not Known - Times Now