Pind Daan in Muzaffarpur (पिंड दान)
the offering made at Gaya for three generations of ancestors
One verified pandit serves Muzaffarpur. He is named, with the checks he has completed, before any payment is made.
- From
- ₹5,099
- Pandits available
- 1
Available pandits in Muzaffarpur
Packages and prices in Muzaffarpur
| Basic | ₹5,099 |
|---|---|
| Standard | ₹5,099 |
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- Pandit fee
- Paid to the named pandit who performs the ritual.
- Samagri
- The items the ritual needs, itemised when the package includes them.
- Travel
- The pandit's travel to the address you give, by distance band.
- Platform fee
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- Temple charge
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- GST
- Tax charged as the law requires, shown separately.
- Duration
- 4 hrs
- Pandits
- 1
- Venue
- temple
- Samagri included
- yes
About Pind Daan
Pind daan is the offering of pinda — balls of rice, barley flour and sesame — on behalf of the ancestors, and the tradition holds that it is owed to three generations by name and to the whole line beyond them. It is offered with a sankalp that names the family, the gotra, the place and the person it is for.
It is kept at a tirtha rather than at home, on a riverbank or at a named site, and most often in Pitru Paksha. The rite is unhurried and is walked between stations rather than sat through in one place. Its register is solemn from beginning to end.
Keeping a rite in Muzaffarpur
Muzaffarpur sits on the Maithili–Bajjika boundary, and its rites follow Mithila's karmakanda more often than the generic north Indian one. The differences show at a wedding and at a shraddh — which day carries which rite, and what is offered — and they are worth naming when the booking is made.
The town is dense in the middle and open at the edges, so an address near the Company Bagh and one on the Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi road are very different journeys. Shravan takes the local Shiva bookings to Baba Garibnath and the queue with them.
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