A fortnight for the people who came before — and the story of a boy who carried both his parents across the country on a pole.
When it falls
16 September 2027 17 September 2027 18 September 2027
Śravaṇa's story is where many children first meet the idea of owing something to a generation they never met. It is tender, and it ends sadly; the page says so before you begin.
Why it has more than one name
Pitṛ Pakṣa is the fortnight; Mahālaya Pakṣa is the same fortnight in the south, and Mahālaya Amāvāsyā the day it closes. In Bengal that closing day opens the Durgā Pūjā season, so the fortnight for the dead runs straight into the nine nights.
16 September 2027, 17 September 2027 and 18 September 2027. A fortnight, closing on Mahālaya Amāvāsyā.
Is this a suitable subject for a child?
Śravaṇa's story is where many children first meet the idea of owing something to a generation they never met. It is tender and it ends sadly, and the page says so before you begin rather than leaving you to find out mid-sentence.
What is the fortnight for?
Remembering the people who came before — parents, grandparents, the ones further back whose names a family may no longer have. The story attached to it carries a son who literally carried his parents.
Sandhya Katha chooses one story each night against the pañcāṅga, for your child's age, and lays it out to be read aloud. Free, nothing to install.