Pind Daan Gaya

Gaya finds mention in the great epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Gaya is only one of places where Hindus worship their parents, ancestors with the Lord. Gaya is one of famous ritual places of India and is generally popular for performing pind daan to their ancestors and family members and thus free them from the agonies.

It is believed in Hindu mythology that if a person depart from the earth, the soul is wandering at earth here and there until someone of the family visits Gaya and perform the Gaya Sraddha or Pind Daan for the soul.

The pind daan Gaya can be offered throughout the year but it is better to perform it during 7 days, 5 days, 3 days or 1 day amawasya with krishna paksh in any month and during auspicious 18 days pitri paksh mela.