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Without any delay the king goes to that very spot where the cowherd boys had done the pooja earlier, gathers them all around him performs the Satyanarayana Pooja with all shraddha and bhakthi.

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The shraddha involves pinda-daan - offering of pindas cooked rice and barley flour balls mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds with the release of water from the hand - to the ancestors.

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The shraddha is performed only at noon, usually on bank of a river or lake or at one's own house.

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The shraddha usually is performed bare chested, as the position of the sacred thread worn as the person has to be changed a number of times in the ceremony.

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It is the most important day of the Pitru Paksha and those who forgotten to perform shraddha, can do so on this day.

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Widowers invite Brahmin women as guests for their wife's shraddha.

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The male who performs the shraddha, should be purified by a bath and is excepted to wear a dhoti.

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Shraddha performed on Sarvapitri amavasya can also compensate for a forgotten or neglected annual shraddha ceremony, to be held on death anniversary of the deceased.

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It is assigned for shraddha of the maternal grandfather by the grandson.

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