Guest guest Report post Posted August 13, 2007 Oil bath is adopted in three occasions. 1. Weekly 2. Subhams 3. Deepavali Weekly oil bath for purushas can be had on Saturdays. Abhyanjana (Oil) Snanam is a must for bhokthas in chradhams. Oil baths can be avoided on Amavasya for who is doing tharpanam, other's can do. All gruhasthas should take full (including head) bath everyday. It can be skipped if the sareeram is not well for one or two days. So, the father and sons should not take bath on Amavasya day is a base less vadhanthi, (Vadhanthi means roomer) which can be ignored. nvs On 8/13/07, R PARTHASARATHY PARTHASARATHY <rparthasarathy16 wrote: > > Respected Swamin, > > Pranams > > I have a doubt on taking oil bath. Generally it is told that Male can take > oil bath on Saturdays and Female on Fridays, only exception being > Amavasya and Thiruvadhyaanam should not fall on those days. Which are the > days we should avoid taking oil bath? And also it was a surprise to hear > that Purushas (whose parents are alive) should avoid taking head bath on > Amavasya? If head bath is not taken, how can one do Thiruvaradhanam? Is > Mandrasnanam the remedy for this question? Is it applicable to all the > Purushas or only to those who are doing Tharpanam? I am quite confused. I > humbly request your honour to kindly enlighten me. > > Adien > SriVaishnavadasan, > rparthasarathy > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
