Happy Mahalaya 2021: WhatsApp wishes, status, Facebook quotes and messages - In a way, Mahahalaya is the curtain-raiser for Durga Puja - the biggest festival for Bengalis.
When is Mahalaya 2021? History, significance, date, tithi of beginning of Devi Paksha - On this day, Shradh and Tarpan rituals are performed for those who breathed their last on Purnima Tithi, Chaturdashi Tithi and Amavasya Tithi.
Pitru Paksha is a 16-lunar day period in the Hindu calendar where people offer prayers, food to their ancestors. As per the Hindu tradition, people perform all Vedic rituals to their ancestors at the time of their death to free their souls. But few souls will still be attached to worldliness which is why they do rituals during the Pitru Paksha. However, different parts of the