Taddinam

The rite

Taddinam (also written thithi dinam) is the annual remembrance on the same lunar tithi when a relative died—parallel to śrāddha in many South Indian families. Pandit Mrityunjay Sharma performs the pitru ceremony at your Bengaluru home with tarpan, offerings, and optional hiranya or pinda per North Indian paddhati agreed on WhatsApp. The catalog slug retains the trailing hyphen as in your rite URL. You can name everyone who should be included in sankalp when you book, and ask for a shorter or longer format if elders are frail or children need a break.

Time at the house: 2–4 hours

Pandit Mrityunjay Sharma does this at the house in Bengaluru. The fee is not printed on this page. It is sent on WhatsApp with the material list.

Why families book it

Keeping taddinam on the correct tithi matters to families who grew up with Tamil or Telugu naming but now live in Karnataka’s capital. A home ceremony lets cousins fly in once a year instead of missing village dates.

The rite is filial duty and comfort, not a tool to win property cases. Pandit ji needs death tithi, name, and relationship to build accurate sankalp. Tamil–North Indian blended families should send both tithi names (taddinam and shraddha) to align menu and mantra.

When families ask

• Annual tithi of departed parent or sibling
• First taddinam after first year of death
• When pitru paksha and personal tithi coincide
• Joint taddinam for multiple ancestors if pandit approves
• Amavasya substitute only when tithi unknown per astrologer

Short vidhi

1. Kartha purification
2. Taddinam sankalp with ancestor name and tithi
3. Ganesh and Vishnu prelude
4. Pinda or hiranya offering
5. Tarpan with sesame
6. Pitru mantra
7. Brahmin bhojan or daan if scheduled
8. Feeding crow or dog if custom includes
9. Prokshana
10. Kartha meal restrictions explained

The pandit confirms the order on WhatsApp before the visit.

Samagri

• Sesame and barley
• Kusha grass
• Cooked pitru meal ingredients
• Kheer or rice
• Ghee, honey
• Banana leaf plates
• Brass lota
• Pitru photo optional
• Flowers
• Incense
• Charity items
• New cloth for kartha optional
• Water vessels
• Written tithi calendar note

The exact list for your day is sent on WhatsApp. This page does not sell a kit and does not say materials are included in a fee.

Questions

Why does the slug end with a hyphen?

It matches the page URL on this site; the hyphen is part of the link path.

Taddinam vs Srardham page?

Both are annual pitru rites; naming reflects language. Book the slug your link uses.

Calculate tithi in Bengaluru?

Share death date and time zone; pandit or family panchang fixes tithi.

NRI son as kartha by proxy?

Brother or uncle in city may act; discuss on WhatsApp.

Non-veg in pitru meal?

Most North Indian home taddinam is vegetarian.

Combine with tarpan at lake?

Home visarjan substitute common; lake optional same day if time.

Booking?

Ancestor details, tithi date, Bengaluru area via WhatsApp.