Taṅgaṇa
Taṅgaṇa
Taṅgaṇa is a land of Bhārata. The Brahma Purāṇa names it in Vyāsa‘s teaching on śrāddha, the rite for the pitṛs (the departed ancestors), among the places where that rite must not be performed.
No śrāddha in Taṅgaṇa
The munis ask Vyāsa to tell them in detail the śrāddha-kalpa, to whom it is offered and when, and Vyāsa teaches them its rules. The best places for śrāddha, he says, are the tīrthas beginning with Pushkara, the puṇya-kshetras (holy fields), mountain peaks, holy rivers, lakes, the confluences of rivers and the sea shore; one’s own house smeared with cow-dung, the roots of divine trees and pools fit for yajña are also praised. But śrāddha must not be performed in these places: the Kirāta lands, Kaliṅga, Koṅkaṇa, Kṛmi, Daśārṇa, the Kumārya land, the land named Taṅgaṇa, the land named Kratha, the north shore of the sea (the north bank of the Sindhu), the south bank of the Narmadā and the land east of the river Karatoyā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220