What it means:

It is an expression of gratitude to one's forefathers by remembering and paying obeisance to them and also to those held in esteem, annually, on the day of their demise, by following a procedure.

Perception of Saints and Scholars:

In the words of the Kanchi Maha Periyaval, the Paramacharya:

Those who are born in this mother earth shall perform "Pithru Yagnam" for conveying their gratitude to their forefathers.

The "Pindam" offered at the time of "Thithi" reaches the forefathers in the required form through the Pithru Devatas - Vasu Rudra and Aditya.

In the words of Mukkur Sri Lakshmi Narasimhacharyar Swamy:

"Pithru Geetam" is a part of "Vishnu Purana" in which the Almighty Himself contemplates:

a) by offering varieties of food with good taste and by liberally donating money and wealth to the needy, and if not possible

b) by doing ceremonies required of him and offer food and money to the extent possible, and if not possible

c) by inviting an aththi and offering little rice, little jaggery and a small green plantain….

In other words the Almighty Himself suggests the various ways, according to one's state of living, by which one should remember one's forefathers and satisfy the Pithru devatas.

The above emphasises the importance of Pithru Karma which every individual is expected to perform, which ultimately ensures continuance of remembering and paying obeisance to one's forefathers through generations with a sense of belonging between the mortal and the immortal soul.

Sri Ananda Vinayakar Charitable Foundation firmly believes that...

a) A temple, being the centre of all human activities, is primarily meant to promote objects for community development and thus to social welfare and then alone it shall have the right to deserve the title as a place of worship,and that

b) A place of worship should not be limited to the local populace nor only to the physically fit but should be accessible to one and all.

The growing advancement in technology has rendered this planet small enough for anyone to reach any corner of the globe in a trice, as it were. This advancement has also subscribed to the emergence of a new society of Indians spread all over the world.

Owing to exactions of the modern times, the new society of Indians thus settled elsewhere than their motherland India, or, settled/domiciled in India itself but in a place other than their home town, appear to be constantly racing against time.

Further, owing to changing social scenes, circumstantial compulsions and occupational reasons they are also compelled to become:

# Inmates of Orphanages / Refugee camps / Asylums / Vishraanthi Ashrarns for the aged

# Inmates of Hospitals and Nursing Homes / Jails / Homes for the Invalids / Three wings of our Defence Services

# The personnel on the move like those who work for Police Force, Railway Service and Civil Aviation.

All these people are very particular in keeping their moorings intact. An expression of this desire in manifest terms cherished by all of them wholesomely is by paying obeisance by doing Pithru Karma to their forefathers on the day of the given "Thithi" which is what tradition would have every Indian perform unfailingly, for, Pithrus are considered superior in state and stature even to the very "Brahmam."

Precisely for the above reason, Sri Ananda Vinayakar Charitable Foundation has instituted at Madhya Kailas, the Pithru Karma (Kattalai) Scheme and thus translate our cherished objective of carrying Madhya Kailas to those who cannot visit it for various compelling reasons by making Sri Ananda Vinayakar Himself the ultimate Kartha. The maximum achievement of a physical format can be nothing more than mere happiness always thirsting for a repeat, while performance of Pithru Karma confers Athmic contentment in full measure beyond anyone's comprehending competence.

It is imperative, at this juncture, to take note of an important aspect. Pithru Karma and Annadaanam - both of them envisioned as Parameswara Pooja - are complimentary in nature in terms of the Athmic contentment that they confer to the individuals performing it. These two - Pithru Karma and Annadaanam - are the manifestations of the Almighty in the following manner:

Pithru Karma - In His Invisible form.

Annadhaanam - In His Visible form

In Madhya Kailas, conforming to Ganaapathya Panchaayathanam, there are independent sannidhis for Sri Parameswara, Sri Aditya, Sri Ambigai, Sri Mahavishnu, Sri Anjaneyar, Sri Swarnabhairavar, Navagraha and Sri Aadhyantha Prabhu with the presiding deity Sri Ananda Vinayakar in the Centre.

In Madhya Kailas, conforming to Ganaapathya Panchaayathanam, there are independent sannidhis for Sri Parameswara, Sri Aditya, Sri Ambigai, Sri Mahavishnu, Sri Anjaneyar, Sri Swarnabhairavar, Navagraha and Sri Aadhyantha Prabhu with the presiding deity Sri Ananda Vinayakar in the Centre.

Only in Madhya Kailas, therefore, Pithru Karma can be performed as in Badrinath properly and wholesomely - by virtue of the Pithru Devatas "Rudra" and "Adithya" having their abodes. The working details outlined below will amply substantiate this reality.

Working details of Pithru Karma at Madhya Kailas:

Between 12 noon and 12.30 p.m. every day when the Pithrus are out on their orbit, a priest clothed wet after bath, representing the ultimate Kartha Sri Ananda Vinayakar, will collect a bundle of Darbhai, the conveying conduit, from the feet of Sri Ananda Vinayakar and proceed to Sri Mahavishnu sannidhi.

Suddha annam (Rice cooked pure), in sufficient quantum reflecting the number of thithis on a given day, will be kept ready at the Mahavishnu sannidhi after nivedanam (offering) to Sri Mahavishnu, the Promoter of this process.

Thereafter the priest will collect and carry this Suddha annam to the sannidhi of Sri Parameswara, the Ultimate of Pithru Karma. Here the Suddha annam takes on the form of Pindam to be proffered to the Pithrus and carried to them by Sri Aditya. Since the ultimate Kartha is Sri Ananda Vinayakar Himself, the very incarnation of Mantras themselves, there will be no recitation or chanting of mantras by the priest but only a salutation to the Pithrus beseeching them reverentially, Vargam-wise, to kindly accept the Pindam proffered and bless their Santhathis (generations).

All this time, the carrier- pantheon, Sri Aditya, who serves as a witness to this process, is in wait in his sannidhi located opposite to that of Sri Parameswara, to carry the Pindam to the Pithrus. The priest, now representing Sri Aditya, will then deposit the Pindam in a specially erected platform. With the crows eating the Pindam therefrom, the performance of Pithru Karma gets completed wholesomely.

After this, an archanai in favour of the Kartaa (the investor of the Kattalai) will be performed at the feet of Sri Ananda Vinayakar. The archanai prasadam of viboothi will be sent by post to the Kartaa.

The Salient Features of Pithru Karma Facility at Madhya Kailas

This Pithru Karma facility at Madhya Kailas is open to all regardless of caste, creed, colour or gender.

The privilege to perform Pithru Karma only by the masculine gender is relevant only to the humans. When Mahaganapathi, Sri Ananda Vinayakar, Himself is the ultimate Kartha, this exclusivity stands automatically dissolved opening up the royal road for anyone to invest for anyone else or for that matter for anything else too.

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