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ETVBHARAT
  • 1/13/2025
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00:00It is the auspicious time to bring all the food items to home.
00:07In our tradition, we have a saying in Telugu.
00:11The one who has food items is called Aishwarya Vanthudu.
00:14Aishwarya Vanthudu is the one who has food items in front of him.
00:20In this auspicious time,
00:26we have a saying in Telugu.
00:29The one who has food items in front of him is called Pitru Devatalu.
00:34Pitru Devatalu are not only fathers and grandfathers.
00:38Our mothers are also called Pitru Devatalu.
00:42In the word Pitru,
00:44the one who has food items in front of him is called Pitaha.
00:49The one who has food items in front of him is called Pitru Devatalu.
00:55The one who has food items in front of him is called Pitru Devatalu.
01:02Our Devatalu have similar powers.
01:06Pitru Devatalu also have similar powers.
01:09Because Shastra says,
01:11Devakaryam vina, pitrukaryam viseshataha.
01:15Whether you do Devakaryam or not,
01:17you should worship Pitrukaryam with devotion.
01:21Because,
01:22to give prosperity to a person,
01:24to develop a family,
01:26we have a saying in the Vedas,
01:28Pitadatata satputran.
01:30If we want to develop a family,
01:33we need Pitru Devatalu to develop a family.
01:38That is why,
01:39the ones who have a connection with us,
01:42our ancestors,
01:44the ones who are the root of our birth,
01:46we consider them as Devatalu.
01:49We consider the ones who are visible to us as Devatalu.
01:54This is what our culture says.
01:56Like how we celebrate Sankranti,
01:58we celebrate this festival with joy and happiness.
02:02We do Devataradhana in this festival.
02:05We worship Pitru Devatalu.
02:08We do Tarpanadhu for them.
02:12We do Shraadhadhu for them.
02:14This is what our culture says.
02:16We don't just worship the ones who are on the walls.
02:19We do some charity work for them.
02:21We do some activities related to them.
02:24They are satisfied with that.
02:26If we look at the Vedas,
02:28there are times when Pitru Devatalu look at us.
02:32For example,
02:33Mahalaya Amavasya,
02:34and Sankaramanadhu.
02:36In every month,
02:37in Sankaramanadhu,
02:38there is a shastra to do Tarpanadhu.
02:40Because,
02:41there are 96 types of Shraadhadhu.
02:43There are ways to do Shraadhadhu for Pitru Devatalu.
02:47These Sankaramanadhus are one of them.
02:49Whether you get the opportunity to do it in the remaining Sankaramanadhus,
02:52you should definitely do it in Karkataka Sankaramanam,
02:54which is the beginning of Dakshinayana,
02:56and Makara Sankaramanam,
02:57which is the beginning of Uttarayana.
02:59According to the Shastras,
03:01we celebrate this festival with joy,
03:03and we worship Pitru Devatalu.
03:05This is what we do for this Sankaranti.
03:12Whether we remember Pitru Devatalu or not,
03:16they look at us.
03:18In some special occasions,
03:20since Makara Sankaranti is one of them,
03:22we worship Pitru Yagnam,
03:25and Pitru Sambandham Shraadhadhu,
03:27and we worship them.
03:29This is what we do for this Sankaranti.
03:32Mr. Srinivas Sharma,
03:33Mr. Fanikumar Sharma,
03:34you spoke about donations.
03:35In the three days of Sankaranti,
03:37what is the specialty of donations?
03:39What is the benefit of making donations?
03:41In the three days,
03:43the first day is Bhogi.
03:45In the morning,
03:47we light the Bhogi lamps.
03:51In the traditional rituals,
03:53we make small offerings made of cow dung,
03:57and light the lamps in the morning.
03:59We light the Bhogi lamps.
04:01This is the main ritual of Bhogi.
04:04The second day is Makara Sankaranti.
04:06In Makara Sankaranti,
04:08we light the Bhogi lamps,
04:10and make offerings.
04:12When is the auspicious time
04:14for Sankaranti?
04:16As Mr. Fanikumar Sharma said,
04:18we should make offerings
04:20to our ancestors,
04:22not to the deities.
04:24This is what the scriptures say.
04:26We should make donations
04:28to our ancestors.
04:30In Makara Sankaranti,
04:32we make offerings
04:34to Nallanuvulu, Bellamu,
04:36Nothana Vastaralu,
04:38Ittyadili,
04:40Odukumbu,
04:42and Sankaramanu.
04:44As the sun is changing,
04:46we make offerings
04:48to Bellamu,
04:50Nallanuvulu,
04:52and Swayampakam.
04:54In Swayampakam,
04:56we make offerings
04:58to Brahmadev.