Shradh 2024: 7 Astrological Remedies To Follow During Pitru Paksha To Appease Ancestors And Remove Pitra Dosh

Shradh 2024: Pitru Paksha or Shradh is a revered Hindu ritual honouring ancestors and seeking their blessings, ensuring a peaceful journey to the afterlife. Performing Shradh remedies, such as offering food, water, and sesame seeds, appeases ancestors and mitigates pitru dosha, or ancestral curses. This 16-day period allows descendants to pay tribute, releasing ancestors from worldly bonds, granting liberation and peace, and bringing prosperity and good fortune. By pleasing ancestors through Shradh, individuals seek forgiveness, guidance, and protection, strengthening family ties and warding off negative energies.

Check out the list of 7 remedies to follow during Pitru Paksha in order to appease ancestors below:

Shradh 2024: 7 Astrological Remedies To Please Ancestors

1. Tarpanam: Offering Water and Sesame Seeds

Tarpanam is a sacred ritual where water and sesame seeds are offered to ancestors. Mix sesame seeds with water and recite mantras, invoking ancestors' names. This remedy pacifies restless spirits, grants liberation, and fulfils unfulfilled desires. Perform Tarpanam during Pitru Paksha's afternoon, ensuring ancestral blessings and protection.

2. Pind Daan: Offering Rice Balls

Pind Daan involves offering rice balls (pind) to ancestors, symbolising nourishment. Mix cooked rice with ghee, honey, and sesame seeds. Offer pind to crows, representing ancestors. This remedy ensures ancestors' satisfaction, mitigating pitru dosha and bringing prosperity.

3. Shradh Puja: Worship and Offerings

Conduct Shradh Puja with sacred mantras, offerings, and rituals. Worship Lord Vishnu, Yama, and ancestors. Offer favorite foods, fruits, and flowers. This remedy strengthens ancestral bonds, grants forgiveness, and ensures well-being.

4. Ancestor Worship with Til and Water

Mix til (sesame seeds) with water and offer it to ancestors. Recite mantras, invoking their names. This remedy soothes restless spirits, grants liberation, and brings peace. Perform daily during Pitru Paksha.

Shradh honours ancestors, seeking blessings and liberation through rituals, mitigating pitru dosha for peace, prosperity and ancestral protection. (Image Source: Canva)

5. Donation and Charity

Donate food, clothes, and essentials to needy individuals and Brahmins. Charity during Pitru Paksha pleases ancestors, mitigating pitru dosha and bringing prosperity.

6. Observe Fasting and Meditation

Observe fasting or Upavas on Pitru Paksha's specified days. Meditate, focusing on ancestral connection and seeking forgiveness. This remedy strengthens spiritual bonds, grants clarity, and ensures ancestral guidance.

7. Perform Shraddha Homam

Conduct Shraddha Homam, a sacred fire ritual, invoking ancestors' names. Offer ghee, sesame seeds, and herbs. This remedy purifies ancestral karma, grants liberation, and brings divine blessings.

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