Vrishchika Masa Purnima — Maheshwara Puja

This year, the Purnima of Vrishchika Masa falls on the very day of Karthigai Deepam, Tuesday 24 November 2026. Offering the Maheshwara Puja under the Maha Deepam brings our Pitrus into the light in which all beings return to Paramashiva — completing our relationship with our ancestors on the day Paramashiva liberates the whole cosmos.

Significance

In Hinduism, it is essential to reconcile with the parts of our being contributed by our departed loved ones. Maheshwara Puja is the ancient practice of offering food to the departed souls — helping them find liberation and freeing ourselves from karmic bonds — by offering that food to the one who manifests as the living incarnation of Paramashiva. In our lives, that being is THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAVAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. Amavasya and Purnima are the days on which the doors between the Pitru loka and the earth plane stand most open.

The Ritual

Annam, prepared with devotion, is offered to Maheshwara — Paramashiva as the Guru — with sankalpa made for the departed members of the devotee's family. As THE SPH accepts the offering, the Pitrus receive it through Him.

When

• Brahmotsavam Day 10 · Tue 24 Nov — timing to be announced · All KAILASA

Shastra Pramana

शरीरमिन्द्रियं प्राणश्चार्थः स्वजनबन्धुता । मातृकुलं पितृकुलं गुरुरेव न संशयः ॥ २६० ॥

śarīram indriyaṃ prāṇaś cārthaḥ svajanabandhutā | mātṛkulaṃ pitṛkulaṃ gurur eva na saṃśayaḥ || 260 ||

Translation: “The body, the senses, the vital energy, wealth, one's own relatives, the mother's clan, the father's clan — all these are present in one's Guru. There is not the least doubt about this.” — Guru Gita 260

Benefits

• Completion of our relationship with our Pitrus, blessed by THE SPH.
• Completion with the parts of our being contributed by our ancestors.
• The departed helped toward enlightenment.
• Freedom from the karmic bonds and unresolved patterns carried down the family line.