Pitrupaksh comes in the second half of Bhadrapada maasa. All the fiftten days food is offered to the pitrus [ancessters] and relatives of the parents who have passed on, and relatives who have no one to offer the yearly food called the Pinda. On these fifteen days pind is offered to even the wifes relations and friends who have passed on, and have no serving sons and brothers to offer them the pind.
It is said When Karna of mahabharath passed on there was a plenty of gold and silver and no food. when Karna asked for the reason for this , he was told by the Yama dhoothas that that he had made dharma in gold and silver and had not offered food to anyone. So he requested Yama that he sent back to earth for 15 days during the pitru paksh, which Yama granted. Karna came down to earth and fed as many people as possible. And he was given a place in heaven.
Usually during the fifteen days men who have no fathers eat once a day and have pala ahara in the evening . They also dont eat onion, mooli,drumsticks and the like. Even if feeding cannot be done in any one of the fifteen days, one can feed two bramins on Mahalya Amavasya day.
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