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Mahalaya Amavasya Tharpanam 2014 in Tamil


In 2014, we wanted to push out an elaborate, step-by-step for all major pujas, and especially for upakarma and  Mahalaya Amavasya Tharpanam.  While we did do a reasonable job on the first, we couldn’t keep promise on Ganesh Chaturthi and Sama Upakarma for reasons explained before.

Our attempt for Mahalaya Amavasya Tharpanam 2014 has an added complication, of which later*.

The Pitru Paksham is currently being observed with Mahalaya Amavasya occurring tomorrow, 23 Sep 2014. 

For the benefit of the people who are living out of Tamil Nadu - in other states of India or in foreign countries who cannot or do not get a suitable guru or vadhyar to perform the Tharpanam procedure, here is the Mahalaya Amavasya Tharpana vidhi, procedure in Tamil.

As you know, the basic mantras are the same whether you are a Smartha or Vaishnava.  However, there are slight differences in procedures and some extra or changes in mantras. For e.g., the shaivaite procedure is aachamanam, shuklambaradaram, pranayamam, sankalpam etc.  The vaishnavite procedure is aachamanam, pranayamam, prarthanai, sankalpam, etc. Within the vaishnavaite traditions also, there is difference, and you can change accordingly.

* Mad.Madrasi slipped, fell, and his left shoulder dislocated and he is immobilised.  Hence the 2013 procedure has been suitably amended for the most basic, needed instructions. 

Update:
The current Mahalya Paksha procedure in Tamil  & the Online Amavasya Tharpana Sankalpam Generator (and other current Pooja procedures in Tamil) can be accessed from the link at
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Screen capture of the digital X-ray picture showing the dislocated left shoulder.

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