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title: "Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha"  
description: "Feeding these creatures is to have the real blessings from our ancestors."  
author: "Himanshi Gupta"  
published: 2025-09-17  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/5120/why-ants-and-cows-are-fed-during-pitru-paksha  
category: "religion"  
tags: ["feeding food to our ancestors is the hindu tradition since many years to satisfy the souls of their ancestors."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha

![Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/13383a2b-af76-44f1-acd6-04f30d4c94f0/images/22fd3c6b-8a38-46b8-9428-ac31e527a5ee.jpeg) Feeding cows and aunts during Pitru Paksha is believed to offer food to our ancestors to make them satisfied, by which we bring peace and happiness. ![Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/13383a2b-af76-44f1-acd6-04f30d4c94f0/images/58377cd4-4dbc-433a-b4e1-275223a34094.jpeg) By feeding these animals, there is a belief that our ancestors become calm and satisfied, and they give us the blessings and happiness. ![Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/13383a2b-af76-44f1-acd6-04f30d4c94f0/images/7f662178-5fd4-417d-b480-8c7809633d30.jpeg) The importance of feeding aunts and cows during Pitru Paksha is mainly to calm the souls of ancestors. ![Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/13383a2b-af76-44f1-acd6-04f30d4c94f0/images/36b9acbf-0dff-4da9-9eaf-94016591ee9b.jpeg) Where feeding food to cows is believed to satisfy the souls of our ancestors, on the other side, feeding ants is believed to reduce the pitru dosha. ![Why Ants and Cows are fed during Pitru Paksha](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/13383a2b-af76-44f1-acd6-04f30d4c94f0/images/58377cd4-4dbc-433a-b4e1-275223a34094.jpeg) So, feeding these creatures is to have the real blessings of our ancestors and to get the peace and prosperity in our lives.

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