Maasikams are the offerings of food items to the departed soul periodically during their first day in the Pitru Lok, the other world. Perform masikam in Varanasi through the Tirth Kshetra Purohit’s pandit for masikam in Varanasi. In pitru lok, one day is as long as one year on earth. If we perform masikam in Varanasi 12 times, it means it is a two-hourly offering of food to the ancestors. It is believed that the departed soul takes much time to get rid of the habits and they feel hunger & thirst very often during the first day.
You can do masikam in Varanasi through Telugu pandits in Varanasi. Tirth Kshetra Purohit provides highly knowledgable Telugu pandit for masikam in Varanasi.
Generally, sodakumbham is sodakakumbham. It is believed that the departed soul will be examined by a panel of superhuman entities to find out whether it is eligible to be admitted into the pitru loka or not, during sapindeekaranam at the time of abdikam in Varanasi. By this masikam, we are trying to make the superhuman judges know that the dead person’s son or daughter, etc. are all shraddhalus and we wish admission in pitruloka for the departed soul. The pandit for rituals in Varanasi is helping us to attain this wish to the lords.
Both abdikam and masikam in Varanasi are to be done like mini shraddha, but the homams in Varanasi is very rarely done nowadays. The pandit for puja in Varanasi is provided normal meals as in the shraddha and the Dakshina also. In masikam in Varanasi, each of the pandit for masikam in Varanasi is to be given a silver pot filled with water or glass or lotta of silver. Silver is very costly nowadays, so copper, brass or bronze pots are given by the people who want to perform the ritual in an unadulterated way. Many people give Veshti & angavastram made up of cotton to the pandit for rituals in Varanasi as Dakshina. After the shradh in Varanasi, the Karta and his wife should wash the feet of the pandit and offer usual Shraddha meals.
Normally, no other danams are provided to the pundits except as stated above. But some pandit demands more. Tirth Kshetra Purohit’s pandit for masikam in Varanasi takes the Dakshina, which is according to the ritual procedure. We focus on the ritual and satisfaction of Karta as well as the departed soul, not the Dakshina.
In the procedure of masikam in Varanasi, the food to be offered to the departed soul can be prepared by yourself, otherwise, the pandit for puja in Varanasi takes care of all these prasadas. But whatever food is prepared, it should be prepared in the unadulterated method and for all family members and pundits present over there. The food should be prepared as “Madi chamayal”( cooked in ritual purity). No food items should be prepared on the previous day of performing masikam. Every family has a set of own "must" items and "no" items for Sraaddha , and we should follow this ritual as per the advice of elderly lady members of the family.
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