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Mahalaya Paksha Tharpanam 2024. Families offer pindas (rice balls) to departed souls and perform tarpana rituals at temples or near water. Mahalaya paksha (dark fortnight in tamil month of purattasi), also known as pitru paksha, is the most critical time in the year to revere your pitru (ancestors) with tarpanam (ancestral ritual with sacred offerings).

This video about how to perfom yajurveda mahalaya paksha tharpanam step by step guide by sri sathyanarayana vadyar from mumbai. Mahalaya amavasya, known as mahalaya paksha, is a time for performing rituals to honor ancestors.