Pitru Darpana

Offering libations of water and til (gingely) to the pitrus (deceased parents and ancestors – manes) to satisfy and elevate them to higher spiritual planes is called “pitru tarpaNam”. This is an opportunity to honour the sages, gods, parents, ancestors and friends.pitru tarpanam is offered to 3 generations of ancestors viz: paternal and maternal father, grandfather and great grandfather and their respective wives so that they are exalted to higher spiritual planes. We invoke the pitrus in the form of the presiding deities of the pitru Loka and the tarpanam, the vasu, rudra and Aditya, on the bhugnam /koorcham, in due order of the 3 generations