Pitru Paksha (Sanskrit: पितृ पक्ष, lit. '"fortnight of the paternal ancestors"', IAST: Pitṛ pakṣa), also spelt Pitri Paksha, is a 16-lunar day period...

happen in a pakṣa (fortnight) from the time the question was asked. Pitru Paksha Defouw, Hart; Robert Svoboda (2003). Light on Life: An Introduction to...

collectively during the Pitru Paksha or Shraddha paksha (Fortnight of ancestors), right before Sharad Navaratri in autumn. Pitru Paksha is a 16–lunar day period...

The dark fortnight of Aswayuja (September–October) is known as the Pitru Paksha (Mahalaya), which is especially sacred for offering oblations to departed...

is known as Pitru Paksha. In the Vaishnava calendar, Hrishikesha governs this month. Krishna was born on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada...

form of Hindu worship incorporating local animism, ancestor worship or Pitru Paksha, and reverence for Buddhist saints or Bodhisattava. The population of...

during the pitr paksha. In Hindu amanta calendar ( ending with amavasya ), second half of the month Bhadrapada is called Pitru Paksha: Pitṛpakṣa or Śrāddha...

restless preta. The amavasya (new moon day), as well as the occasion of Pitru Paksha during the Hindu month of Ashvin is recommended for the veneration of...

to the pitri (deceased ancestors) using water and sesame seeds during Pitru Paksha or as a death rite. Tarpana is a form of arghya (an offering). It is...

Hinduism libation ritual is part of Tarpan and also performed during Pitru Paksha (Fortnight of the ancestors) following the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu...