• Dates: 17th September to 2nd October 2024
• Venue: Gaya, Bihar
• Facilites offered by Bihar Tourism
  
  • Free Tent City
  • Pind Daan Packages
  • e-Pind Daan Packages

About Pitra Paksha

• Pitra Paksha is dedicated to the departed souls and is meant to please them, seek forgiveness and get rid of Pitra Dosh (curses of ancestors).
• During this period, rituals such as Shradh, Tarpan and Pinddaan are performed to free the departed soul from the cycle of birth, life and death.
• Such rituals are performed at the Falgu River followed by special prayers at the Vishnupad temple in Gaya.
• It is believed that during Pitra Paksha consumption of non-vegetarian food is strictly prohibited.
• Ingredients such as onions, garlic, chana, jeera, black salt, black mustard, cucumbers, brinjal, and lentils like masoor dal, black urad dal must not be consumed at all.