Shraddh cost in Varanasi (श्राद्ध)
the annual rite kept on the tithi of a death
2 verified pandits serve Varanasi. Each one is named, with the checks he has completed, before any payment is made.
Packages and prices in Varanasi
| Basic | ₹4,099 |
|---|---|
| Standard | ₹4,699 |
Every line item is shown in the app before you pay. The website never takes a payment.
What the price is made of
- 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
- What BookMyPandiit charges to run the platform. It is a line of its own: it is never taken out of the pandit's fee and never presented as dakshina.
- Temple charge
- Charged by the temple when the ritual is performed there, and only then.
- GST
- Tax charged as the law requires, shown separately.
- Duration
- 3 hrs
- Pandits
- 1
- Venue
- home
- Samagri included
- yes
What decides the cost of a Shraddh
A shraddh is two hours and its material is simple: rice, barley, black sesame, kusha and the food offered afterwards. What is quoted beyond the pandit is travel, because the rite is frequently kept on a riverbank rather than at the house.
What is different in Varanasi
The city's temple rites are fitted between fixed aartis, and where a rite is kept at a temple the temple's charge is its own and is shown as a separate line. The lanes mean the last stretch to most addresses is walked, which is a time cost for the pandit rather than a distance one, and it is why the bands here read differently from a city with roads to the door.
