Pitri Tarpan Rituals

Pitri Tarpan Rituals

Tarpan is to offering water to God, Sages, ancestors’ soul and human beings and satisfying them through it. Pitru Tarpan is a way of gratifying the ancestors and freeing them from any unfulfilled desires so that they can complete their journey to the heavenly abode with peace, satisfaction and happiness. The objective of performing tarpan is that God, deceased ancestors’ souls etc. whose names are pronounced while performing Tarpan, should bestow happiness on us. According to ancient mathematician Baudhayana, ‘Tarpan should be performed at the riverside’. While performing Pitru Tarpan at the riverside, one should stand in the river so that the water level touches the belly button or one should perform tarpan by sitting on the banks of the river. Tarpan for God and Sages should be performed by facing East and that for deceased ancestors’ souls it should be performed by facing South.