• Pitru was an ancient town off the Sajur (a.k.a. Sagura and Sagurru), a western tributary of the Euphrates, approximately 12.5 miles south of ancient Carchemish...
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     '"fortnight of the paternal ancestors"', IAST: Pitṛ pakṣa), also spelt Pitru Paksha, is a 16-lunar day period in the Hindu calendar when Hindus pay homage...
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  • Pitrus Paolo De Ocampo (born June 29, 1991) is a Filipino volleyball player. He played with FEU Tamaraws collegiate men's collegiate volleyball team. He...
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    Parents' Worship Day, known as Matri Pitri Poojan Diwas (also Matru Pitru Poojan Divas) was started by Asaram Bapu in 2007 as an alternative to Valentine's...
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    tirtha (c) For pitrus, the offering is made to flow over the left side of the left palm and the thumb of the left hand known as pitru tirtha, the janeu...
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    year. The dark fortnight of Aswayuja (September–October) is known as the Pitru Paksha (Mahalaya), which is especially sacred for offering oblations to...
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    Aurva began to perform austerities to bring justice to his ancestors (pitrus) for how the Kshatriya kings had treated them, and the rigorousness of his...
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  • collectively during the Pitru Paksha or Shraddha paksha (Fortnight of ancestors), right before Sharad Navaratri in autumn. Pitru Paksha is a 16–lunar day...
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    reflexive/passive Arabic stem VII (infa'ala) and Hebrew niph'al I.2 Gt PitRuS simple stem with t-infix after first radical, indicating reciprocal or reflexive...
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    Ekadashi Vasant Panchami Vat Purnima Balinese festivals Galungan Nyepi Holy periods Chaturmasya Pitru Paksha Uttarayana Dakshinayana Hindu festivals...
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  • the South Pole. This period is also referred to as Pitrayana (with the Pitrus (i.e. ancestors) being placed at the South Pole). This festival is currently...
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    Jayanti, Ganesh Utsav, Saraswati Jayanti, Kartik Nahan, Makar Sankranti, Pitru Paksha, Raksha Bandhan, Mesha Sankranti, Guru Purnima, Tulasi Vivaha, Vivaha...
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    diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region of Iraq and northern Syria...
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    Bhadrapada is reserved for the veneration of the dead. This period is known as Pitru Paksha. In the Vaishnava calendar, Hrishikesha governs this month. Krishna...
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    institutionalized the practice, and directed all schools to observe Matru-Pitru Diwas ("mother-father day") every year on 14 February after Asaram urged...
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  • Janamashtami, Radhastami, Kartik Snan, Saraswati Jayanti, Ganesh Chaturthi, Pitru Paksha, Raksha Bandhan, Guru Purnima, Kalbhairo Jayanti, Vivaha Panchami...
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  • Kauwa Kunal Bakshi, Aishwarya Khare as Roshni, Arina Dey as Sonia 160. Pitru Preth Sonali Nikam as Rupa, Shaleen Malhotra as Manav 161. 23 November 2019...
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    with Islamic principles. Hindus remember the dead during the festival of Pitru Paksha, during which Hindus pay homage to and perform a ceremony "to keep...
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  • Niravapanjali Tarpana Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation...
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    Niravapanjali Tarpana Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation...
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  • Year's Eve Onam Parakram Diwas Pana Sankranti Parents' Worship Day Paryushan Pitru Paksha Pongal Pusnâ Pola Padwa (Diwali) Pateti Ratha Yatra Raksha Bandhan...
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    Vaishali around the sixth century BCE. The Śrāddha ritual performed in the Pitru Paksha period is considered to be most powerful in the holy city of Gaya...
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    invokes quarrel and fear. Crows are also fed during the fifteen day period of Pitru Paksha, which occurs in the autumn season, as an offering and sacrifice...
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    form of Hindu worship incorporating local animism, ancestor worship or Pitru Paksha, and reverence for Buddhist saints or Bodhisattava. The population...
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    only have two hands, with varadabhaya mudra. This temple is famous for pitru tharpanam. Like most of the temples in Kerala, One has to pay charges at...
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  • Niravapanjali Tarpana Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation...
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    Śrāddha taking place at the Jagannath Ghat in Calcutta, at the end of Pitru Paksha....
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    Niravapanjali Tarpana Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation...
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  • will happen in a pakṣa (fortnight) from the time the question was asked. Pitru Paksha Defouw, Hart; Robert Svoboda (2003). Light on Life: An Introduction...
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    Festival of the Dead Bon Festival Chuseok Día de Muertos Gai Jatra Pitru Paksha Qingming Festival Totensonntag Zhōng yuán jié Parade of Lost Souls Veneration...
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