The cloth has to be made wet the same day and dried. Then before tharpanam one more bath has to be taken.ģ.Wet cloth should not be worn during tharpanam nor is it right to wear cloth which was washed a day before and dried. They are: –ġ.On the day of Tharpanam, till tharpanam is completed we are not supposed to drink/eat anything.Ģ.On the day of tharpanam, the daily rituals like Sandhya vandhana have to be first performed. There are several rules regarding tharpanam though many of them are not being followed by most of the people. Some on one /Bugnam/koorcha and some on spread darbhams. For example some people do avahanams of Pithrus on two Bugnams known as koorchas. They have precedence over what is written down here. People are advised to follow their traditions strictly. There are also differences brought about by local practice and family tradition. It is understood that the tharpanam for Rig Vedis is almost similar but that for Sama Vedis it is different. There are slight differences in the sankalpam among Iyers and Iyengars.The version followed by both groups of Sri Vaishnavas viz Thenkalai and Vadakalai are given here. Some of them are Apasthambha, Bodhayana Drahyayana what is given below is the manthras and method of the Apasthambha sutra.of Yajur Veda. Several Poorva Acharyas have codified the method of tharpanam. Our ancient scripts advise us to perform tharpanam on 96 days in a year but this is not being done nowadays. Four Month beginnings viz mesha, karkidaga, thula and makara and eclipses. Here the tharpanam is offered only to ones pithru varga (paternal side)Ĥ The regular tharpanam, which is supposed to be done on all amavasyas. This at present is being done after sraddha on the same day, because the priest does not have time to come the next day. It is believed that if Tharpanam is not done out Pithru devas will curse us so that we may not have male descendents to offer tharpanam to us.ġ.Gunda (kuzhi) tharpanam- the tharpanam that is done in the first ten days of death.Ģ.Brahma yagna tharpanam-This is the oblation supposed to be done daily to the devas, rishis and pithrus, alongwith daily Sandhyavandanam prayer.ģ.Parheni tharpanam- this is the tharpanam, which is supposed to be done on the next day after annual sraddha. These pithrus, since they have left the world are solely dependent on only their progeny to feed them. It is according to our concept lunchtime 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.
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If maternal grandfather is alive Tharpanam should not be done for his family but restricted to our family. This offering is said to give Punya Bhala to generations.Īll 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.
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Only those whose father is dead are eligible to do Tharpanam. Though we have several ancestors, this offering is addressed to three generations of father, grandfather and great grandfather along with their wives in our family and maternal grandfather, his father and grandfather along with their wives in our mother’s birth family. But what we mean by the word Tharpanam is the offering of water mixed with gingili to the manes. Tharpanam means “That offering which satisfies”. (TharpaNa Mantra) Common to Vadakalai Iyenghar, Thenkalai Iyengar & for Iyer Introduction to Tharpanam (Oblations to the manes)Ĭlick Here for TharpaNa Mantram in Sanskrit (PDF) Srivaishnavam Parambaryam, Traditions & The Culture that stands Class apart from others Abasthamba Soothra Yajur Veda Pithru Tharppana Mantram.