Tirtha Seva
Rites performed on your family's behalf at India's sacred places, by certified purohits. The full price is published before you book, and nothing is asked of your family at the ghat.
Gaya takes its name from Gayasura, whose devotion was such that Vishnu granted his body itself the power to purify whoever performed rites upon it. It is the place families come to for the obligations owed to parents and forebears.
The obligation owed to parents and forebears, offered on your gotra and tithi. This is the rite most families come to Gaya for.
Not the rite for a death where the last rites could never be performed at all — that is Narayan Bali.
See packages and prices→Where a death was sudden or unnatural, or the customary last rites could not be performed at the time.
Not an annual observance and not a substitute for shraddha. Performed once, for a specific death.
See packages and prices→Where ancestral rites have been left incomplete across generations. Includes Narayan Bali and Tripindi Shraddha in one observance.
Not needed if you have been advised to perform Narayan Bali or Tripindi alone. Tell us and we will say so rather than sell you the larger package.
See packages and prices→Most families arranging these are doing it for the first time, often within days of a bereavement, and the difference between the rites is genuinely confusing. The note under each one above says what it is not for, which is the half nobody else publishes.
If a smaller observance is sufficient for your situation, we will tell you before taking payment rather than after. And we promise no spiritual outcome — any provider who guarantees one is worth treating with caution.
Talk to us before you decide →Named and shown here before you book, not described as "certified priests" and left at that. Which of them takes your booking depends on the date you choose — ask for a particular purohit and we will tell you honestly whether he is free.
Not by us, and not by the purohits we send you to. Gaya has a genuine reputation for this, which is exactly why we publish the whole price in advance rather than a range. If anyone asks your family for more on the day, tell us and we will deal with it.
No. Every rite here can be performed on your family's behalf. We take your gotra, the ancestors' names and the sankalpa details, and send photographs and video of the ceremony afterwards. This is how most families living abroad arrange it.
Yes. Tell us at booking whether your family is Smartha, Madhva, Sri Vaishnava or Iyengar, and the paddhati is observed accordingly. Most providers will not think to ask.
A 40% advance confirms the booking, and the balance is paid after the ritual is performed. The amount shown on each rite's page is the whole amount.