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Pitru Paksha: Coastal people remember ancestors by offering food to crows!
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News18•04-10-2026, 19:03
Pitru Paksha: Coastal people remember ancestors by offering food to crows!
- •Pitru Paksha, a sacred period for ancestors in Hinduism, is being observed with great devotion in the coastal region.
- •The number of people offering Pinda Pradana and Tarpan to ancestors has increased at Uppinangady and Someshwara Temple on the Arabian Sea coast.
- •This Pitru Paksha began on September 26 and will conclude on Sarva Pitru Amavasya, October 10.
- •A unique tradition involves offering vegetarian or non-vegetarian dishes to crows, with a belief that ancestors are satisfied if the crow accepts the food.
- •After Shraddha, it is customary to give charity to the poor and needy for the salvation and peace of the ancestors' souls.
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Pitru Paksha began on the full moon day of September 26 and will conclude on Sarva Pitru Amavasya on Saturday, October 10.
Devotees are offering Pinda Pradana and Tarpan at the confluence of the Kumaradhara and Netravati rivers in Uppinangady, Sahasralingeshwara Kshetra, and the Someshwara Temple on the Arabian Sea coast.
Families follow a unique tradition of serving vegetarian or non-vegetarian dishes on a banana leaf and offering them to crows, believing that acceptance by a crow signifies satisfied ancestors.
