Pitru Pooja has various levels of Pitrus.
1.Somapa Pitrus.
These are the privileged ones among the Pitrus.
They are provided with Somaras.
Their life-span extends for the full period of kalpa and they worship ‘marutas’.
Sage Maricha belongs to this category of Pitrus.
2.Vairaja Pirtus.
Maruta Ganas respect these Pitrus.
Sanaka belongs to this category.
These have Seven Ganas.
3. Bhaswara’ Pitrus.
They live in Santanaka Loka,
These are revered by the Deities.
They are ‘Brahmavadis’ (one who has realized Brahma, not Brahman)
They manifest themselves again after every hundred Yugas.
People belonging to any caste can worship the revered Pitrus with an appropriately modified rituals and obviously with the permission of the Brahmin.
Some Prominent Pituas : Vasu’, Kashyap’, Marichi’, Sanaka
Worship of Pitrus was ordained by Brahma.
The Saptha Rishis were mentally created by Brahma and were given the pride o place.
They became arrogant and started worshiping themselves instead of worshiping Brahma
Brahma Cursed them to become bereft of their knowledge.
As a Vimochana, atonement, Brahma established the Pirtu Rituals and the Saptha Rishis’s sons performed the Sraddha and the Rishis became themselves again.
Source. Varaha Purana.
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