Pitru Dosh Puja in Delhi

Pitru Dosh Nivaran Puja is a ceremony, that has great importance in Hindu culture.In Vedic astrology, Pitru Dosh also known as Pitra Dosha is considered as a karmic debt of the ancestors that a person must have to repay. aliIt is not necessarily a curse from ancestors, but can be reflection of their unfulfilled desires, unresolved issues, or wrongdoing in the past. It is performed to fix any problems or difficulties arising in your life, that might be caused by your departed ancestors like they are not happy.

Take a bath and wear clean, preferably white, unstitched clothes (like a Dhoti). Unlike regular puja where you face East but in Pitru Puja, you must face South. Sankalp is taken with mentioning the name, gotra, current date and the place. declare that you are performing this ritual to satisfy your ancestors and seek their forgiveness and blessings. let the water drop to the ground. Pour the water from copper vessel over your palm such that it flows out between your thumb and index finger. pinds are offered on a leaf to the ancestors with meditating on their forms. After the water offering, set aside a small portion of food (without onion/garlic) for cow (gaubali) for grace, dog(shvanbali) for protection, crow (kak-bali) for crows which are considered as direct messengers of the Pitrus, ants (pipilika-bali) for the smaller souls and in last Brahmin, offer the priest a meal or donation.