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  2. Śrāddha - Wikipedia

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    A mass Pinda Dana being done at the Jagannath Ghat, Kolkata, at end of the Pitri Paksha. In practice, the karta (person who performs the Śrāddha): (1) Invites Brahmanas (priests) that day, invokes in them the divinity of his/her parent, worships and feeds them.

  3. Pitru Paksha - Wikipedia

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    The shraddha is usually performed bare-chested, as the position of the sacred thread worn by him needs to be changed multiple times during the ceremony. The shraddha involves pinda dana, which is an offering to the ancestors of pindas (cooked rice and barley flour balls mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds), accompanying the release of water ...

  4. Indian rituals after death - Wikipedia

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    Ceremony is usually performed by the father of the wife of the eldest, surviving male member. [10] The ceremony usually takes place on the fourth day from the day of funeral rites (Antima Samskara, also known as Uthala), or on the thirteenth day, Tehravin. The turban signifies honor of the family, and the ceremony signifies the transition of ...

  5. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. [3] Puja (পুজো / পুজা in bangla), the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the ...

  6. Shashtipurti - Wikipedia

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    The rituals that comprise this ceremony include the shanti and the kranti. The Ugraratha Shanti is a prayer sent to the heavens to make the post-sixty span a spiritually fulfilling experience. The Ugraratha Shanti is a prayer sent to the heavens to make the post-sixty span a spiritually fulfilling experience.

  7. Gayawal Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Among the sacred specialists of Gaya, they are the most specialized group of priests, who hold a traditional monopoly over the performance of shraddha rituals on the Ghats of Gaya. [4] The Gayawala thrive on the highest ladder of the caste hierarchy, and even the Brahmins of the highest rank worship their feet when they come to perform the ...

  8. Faith in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Śraddhā (Sanskrit: श्रद्धा, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ˈɕɾɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː]) is a Sanskrit term often glossed in English as faith. The term figures importantly in the literature, teachings, and discourse of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.

  9. Shraddha - Wikipedia

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    Shraddha Jadhav (born c.1964), Indian politician, mayor of Mumbai 2009–2012 Shraddha Kapoor (born 1987), Indian actress Shraddha Musale (born 1984), Indian actress