Hin­du fam­i­lies across the coun­try can fi­nal­ly take com­fort know­ing they will be able to give fi­nal peace to their de­ceased loved ones, fol­low­ing the an­nounce­ment by the Sanatan Dhar­ma Ma­ha Sab­ha of the spe­cial per­for­mance of MUK­TI PRAYAAN in ear­ly Feb­ru­ary.

An of­fi­cial state­ment from the Ma­ha Sab­ha says the cer­e­mo­ny will be per­formed on Feb­ru­ary 6 by Pan­dits in the or­gan­i­sa­tions Pan­dits’ Parishad, to bring peace to the de­ceased, and peace of mind to the rel­a­tives they have left be­hind.

The fol­low­ing is the full text of the state­ment is­sued by Ma­ha Sab­ha Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, Vi­jay Ma­haraj…

The Pan­dits' Parishad of the Sanatan Dhar­ma Ma­ha Sab­ha an­nounced yes­ter­day the per­for­mance of MUK­TI PRAYAAN, on Sun­day 6th Feb­ru­ary 2022, com­menc­ing 8 am. Pan­dits Rishi Ma­haraj, Adesh Ma­haraj and Di­nesh Ram­bal­ly en­gaged yes­ter­day in a tele­vised and ra­dio broad­cast de­tail­ing this up­com­ing re­li­gious event, at https://fb.watch/aAqxvi­TYsl/

Dur­ing the pan­dem­ic, we are aware that there were per­sons who would have died and for whom there may not have been prop­er cre­ma­tion or post-cre­ma­tion rites, prop­er rit­u­als with the ash­es of the de­ceased, or sat­sanghs in their ho­n­our. There were al­so in­stances of se­ri­ous short­com­ings on the part of fu­ner­al homes there­by com­pro­mis­ing the sanc­ti­ty and solem­ni­ty of the rit­u­als to be per­formed at the time of death

Many fam­i­lies feel de­prived of hav­ing been able to do more to en­sure the peace and well-be­ing of the de­part­ed, as well as clo­sure for them­selves.

It is with this in mind that the Pan­dits of the Pan­dits' Parishad will be per­form­ing MUK­TI PRAYAAN, a high­ly rec­om­mend­ed cer­e­mo­ny de­signed to al­low fam­i­lies to make obla­tions on be­half of their de­part­ed, loved ones for their on­ward progress and sus­te­nance in the here­after.

For those who wish to join in from their homes, it will be a tele­vised event as well as an on­line link for the pro­ceed­ings will be pro­vid­ed in a sub­se­quent re­lease, through which they can sim­ply fol­low the in­struc­tions.

Oth­er­wise, fam­i­lies can go to one of sev­er­al des­ig­nat­ed tem­ples where they can par­tic­i­pate with the guid­ance of the in-house Pan­dits while fol­low­ing the on­line pro­ceed­ings to­geth­er.

Con­tact num­bers for pan­dits/co­or­di­na­tors will be pro­vid­ed sub­se­quent­ly through which per­sons can reg­is­ter their in­ten­tion to at­tend a tem­ple, or have their en­quiries an­swered. For those who can­not af­ford the nec­es­sary in­gre­di­ents and or pos­sess the re­quired re­li­gious im­ple­ments, the Ma­ha Sab­ha will as­sist in this re­gard

Recita­tion of the Sri Vish­nu Sa­has­ranaam, ex­cerpts from the Sri­mad Bhag­wad Gi­ta and tillaan­jali and ha­van will form a ma­jor part of the cer­e­mo­ny on this day

While this cer­e­mo­ny is com­pli­ant with the Hin­du scrip­tures, any­one from any faith is in­vit­ed to join.

The Pan­dits Parishad will pro­vide fur­ther de­tails in the up­com­ing days.