People who did not offer pithru tharpanam or rites that have to be offered after death in a family will be affected by pithrudosha.As a result family lineage will be affected by problems like poverty, unmarried life, childless life and bad health. For avoiding pithru dosha, a temple called baskareswarar temple in thanjavur district serves as a parihara place for all people.This temple is said to be more than 1000 years old. People who are born in stars like krittika, utthiram, utthiradam, people who are in sun dasa, people who are born in simma lagna, simma rasi, people who are born in tamil month of chithirai, aavani and aipasi worship lord siva and sun on first sunday in valarpirai.This temple is situated in the route of thanjavur to pattukottai at a distance of 15 kms near a place called ulur.From ulur one has to travel 2 kms in east direction to reach the temple.