Namaskarams to all the members. I delighted to be in the midst of community members and thanks for this opportunity facilitated by tamilbrahmins.com I have a question on rituals of our community. Recently on 21st May this year my mother expired at the age of 94. We did all the rituals as per the directions of our family sastrigal. He finally told us that for next one year, ie till varushabthigam , our family members should not go to any temple, malai vasasthalam, dipping feet in sea . I feel that this a big handicap . Any clarifications on this will be very much appreciated by me. Whether going to temple and swamy darshan is a sin during this one year period? - J.Lakshminarasimhan