Legends of Shraddh Paksha: Karna, Yama and Indra Legend about Pitru Paksha!
In Hinduism, the souls of three generations of one's ancestors live in Pitriloka, a place between heaven and earth. Yama, the deity of death, governs this world and transports a dead man's soul from Earth to Pitriloka. Only those three generations get Shraddha ceremonies , in which Yama plays an important role. In Pitru Paksha , prayers are performed to bring about moksha for both the ancestors and those conducting the rituals. According to our Purans, Pitru Paksha enhances the enjoyment of souls remaining in heaven before undergoing samsara or rebirth, or lessens the suffering of those in other worlds; if those souls took another birth immediately after their deaths, Shraddha enhances their happiness in their new birth. Karna and Indra Legend about Pitru Paksha: When the renowned donor Karna died in the epic Mahabharata conflict and his soul went to heaven, he got extremely hungry, but any meal he touched turned into gold instantaneously. Karna and Surya went to Indr...