Pitru paksha 2025: According to the Hindu calendar, from the full moon of Bhadrapada month to the Amavasya of Ashwin month, Pitru Paksha is there. This year, Pitra Paksha has started from September 7 and in such a situation, people go to places like Gaya, Haridwar, Uttarkashi etc. and perform rituals for the peace of the souls of the ancestors.
Please tell that ancestors are called Pitra. During this time, charity is considered very fruitful.
People often go to the ancestors to please the ancestors on the ancestral side and their blessings. People come from far and wide to give pindadan and peace of the soul of the ancestors. Pindadan or shraddha is usually performed by dead persons but there is a wonderful temple in Bihar where living people do their own pindadan.
It is believed that Lord Rama in Gaya performed Shraddha and Pindadan for the peace of the soul of King Dasharatha on the banks of the Falgu River. Because of which Gaya has emerged as a big pilgrimage site on Pitra Paksha. Gaya ji has about 54 Pind Devi and 53 holy site where there is a pindadan of ancestors.
A living person has a pindadan
Janardhana Vedi Mandi, located in Gaya, Bihar, is the only one in the whole world where living people perform their own shraddha. This temple is present on the north of Maa Mangala Gauri Temple on Bhasma Kod Parvat. It is said that here Lord Vishnu himself takes the body as Janardhana Swami.
Usually people come to this temple to do self -respecting people who have no children or someone in their family is going to do any pindadan after them. Apart from this, people who were away from the family in the saintly sense of saintly and also come here to do their pindadan.
How is self -realization
The self -realization takes place in three days, in which the first Gaya ji comes to the pilgrimage site and takes a pledge of Vaishnava Siddhi and atonement of sins. After this, worship and chanting is done in the Lord Janardhana temple with full legal legislation. Three bodies made of curd and rice are offered to God. The special thing is that mole is not used in it. But sesame is considered necessary in the shraddha of the dead.
While offering bodies, devotees pray to God and ask for blessings to attain salvation. During Pitrupaksha, people reach here in large numbers and do self -respect. This temple is quite ancient and is completely made of rocks.