Shraddh in Nalanda (श्राद्ध)
the annual rite kept on the tithi of a death
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- ₹4,099
Packages and prices in Nalanda
| Basic | ₹4,099 |
|---|---|
| Standard | ₹4,699 |
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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
About Shraddh
Shraddh is the annual rite for a parent or forebear, kept on the tithi of the death rather than on its calendar date — so it moves through the year. Pinda of rice and barley are offered, water with black sesame is given as tarpan, and a meal is offered to a brahmin, a cow or a crow according to the family's custom.
It is kept by the son or the person who performed the last rites, at home or on a riverbank, and it is preceded by a fast until the offering is made. During Pitru Paksha the same rite is kept for the whole line rather than one person. Two hours, in a quiet register throughout — there is no aarti and no celebration in it.
Keeping a rite in Nalanda
Nalanda district is small towns and villages around Bihar Sharif, and the custom kept is Magadh's — explained in Magahi more often than in Hindi, and following the practice of a particular tract rather than of the district. Households describe their rites as their village's, and they are right to.
There is space here that a city does not have, so havans and open-air rites are straightforward. Samagri for anything beyond the common list is bought in Bihar Sharif or brought from Patna, which is an hour and a half away.
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