According to Shradh Kaumudi Granth, it is our duty to purify the bad karmas or misdeeds of our ancestors and lead their souls to salvation by performing the Pitru Shanti Puja.

The Pitru Shanti Puja includes:

• Satya-Vasu Puja
• Yama Puja
• Pitru Tarpan
• Pind Daan

People have been worshipping banana plants on Thursdays for centuries to please Lord Vishnu, but not many are aware that this Thursday Puja is known as Kadali Puja. The Banana plant symbolizes Lord Vishnu, the one who protects, preserves, and sustains life on our planet. In Sanatan Dharma, great significance is attached to gods and goddesses. Hindus pray to trees, animals, water bodies, and nature, besides the other manifestations of the divine power.

Thila Homa is done to such forefathers and others who died unnaturally. While they suffer in hell. They create unhappiness, a lot of obstacles and troubles in our lives and remind us to relieve them from their unbearable sufferings. Thus this Thila Homa comes as a saviour to the dead souls.

Such soul are said to be haunting and roaming in space and they give their ill wish to their children on earth. So the Shastra advice us a Thila Homa remedy that can give a soul peace and relieve it from the cluches of negative forces.

Narayan Nagbali Puja (Pitra dosh) is a Vedic ritual that takes three days to complete. There are two types of this Puja: Narayan Bali Puja and the other is Nagbali puja. Both the Puja are performed for two different reasons. Narayan Bali is performed to get free from unsatisfied souls, while Nagbali Puja is performed to eliminate the sin of killing cobra or snake. Both the Puja Narayan Bali and Nagbali Puja performed at Ahilya Godavari Sangam and Sati Maha-Smashan near Trimabkeshwar Temple in Nashik, Maharashtra.

Asthadikbandana अष्ट means eight दिक् means direction बन्धन means locked out,closing Its literally means is shutting out the evil spirits from all the directions.Eight directions are — North, south, east, west, northeast, Northwest, southwest, southeast.Directionsof up and down..

May these eight dikpalas of eight directions protect you from all the directions.