Shraddha is a way of discharging one’s obligation towards one’s departed parents and ancestors. A person is indebted to his parents and ancestors because they were responsible for his birth on earth. Without even one of them in the ancestral line, he would never have been. He is thus greatly indebted to them for his very existence. He can repay this debt only by performing annual rites for the departed ancestors. He is therefore expected to perform these ceremonies without fail and save himself and every one before him from misery.

The obligation towards the departed souls is thus a part of one’s ordained duties, or obligatory karma, the performance of which brings happiness not only to the departed soul, but also to the ones who performed it and his future generations. In line with the recommendations of Shankara Mattom, and in deference to the wishes of the members, and the public at large, the Dharmishta Mithran has made full-fledged arrangements for smooth conduct of SHRADHA, at Deonar, Chembur.