Pitru Paksha 2026 · 26 September to 10 October · The most auspicious days of the year for Shradh and Pind Daan.Plan your journey

Moksh Nagari Kashi is calling you

Complete Shradh & Pind Daan Journey

Kashi Soul Journey

Offer Shradh and Pind Daan for your ancestors at the three holiest tirthas, Prayagraj, Kashi and Gaya, in one peaceful journey. We arrange the purohit, the samagri, the boats, the road and the rooms. You only have to remember.

Experienced purohitsAll samagri includedPrivate carSattvik meals
A sadhu stands in prayer at sunrise on a Kashi ghat while a purohit prepares Pind Daan offerings beside the Ganga Pitru Paksha has begun Sunrise Shradh on the ghats of Kashi
3Days
2Nights
3 tirthas · 1 journey
DAY 1
Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj

Prayagraj

Pind Daan at Triveni Sangam

→ Kashi · 120 km
DAY 2
Ganga Aarti, Kashi

Kashi

Shradh at Pishach Mochan & the ghats

→ Gaya · 250 km
DAY 3
Pind Daan offerings, Gaya

Gaya

Pind Daan at Vishnupad & Falgu

Journey complete

Why these rites matter

A debt of love to those who came before us

In Sanatan tradition, every family carries pitru rin, the debt we owe our ancestors for our life, our name and our values. Shradh and Pind Daan are how that debt is honoured.

श्राद्ध

Shradh

The word comes from shraddha, faith. Shradh is the offering a family makes, with faith, to its departed elders: water with black sesame (tarpan), food, and prayers led by a purohit.

  • Believed to bring peace and nourishment to the pitrs
  • Invites pitru ashirwad, the blessings of ancestors, for the family
  • Performed on the tithi of a loved one, on Amavasya, and above all in Pitru Paksha

पिंडदान

Pind Daan

Pindas are small offerings of rice or barley flour mixed with sesame, honey and ghee, offered to each ancestor by name and gotra, usually beside a sacred river.

  • Believed to help the departed soul move on in peace
  • Seen as the fullest way to repay pitru rin
  • Offered at Gaya, it is regarded as the most complete Pind Daan of all

Tristhali Yatra

Why Prayagraj, Kashi and Gaya together

Tradition names these three tirthas together as Tristhali, the three holiest places for rites for the ancestors. Beginning at the Sangam in Prayagraj, continuing in Kashi and completing the Pind Daan in Gaya is a journey many families plan for years. The Kashi Soul Journey brings all three into three days.

Pitru Paksha 2026

26 Sept to 10 Oct

The sixteen days each year set aside for the ancestors, ending on Sarva Pitru Amavasya. We also plan journeys on any tithi through the year.

A glimpse of the three cities

Three sacred cities, one journey

Each city holds a different part of the ritual. Together they complete it.

Aerial view of the Triveni Sangam at PrayagrajDay 1

Prayagraj

Tirthraj, king of tirthas

Here the Ganga, the Yamuna and the unseen Saraswati meet at the Triveni Sangam. Offerings made where the three rivers meet are held to be especially sacred.

You will: take a boat to the Sangam for sankalp, tarpan and Pind Daan on the water.

Ganga Aarti on the ghats of KashiDay 2

Kashi

Shiva’s own city

One of the oldest living cities in the world, where it is said the soul finds moksha. Its ghats have seen families perform Shradh for thousands of years.

You will: perform Shradh at Pishach Mochan Kund, see the Ganga Aarti and take darshan of Kashi Vishwanath.

Pind Daan offerings laid out at GayaDay 3

Gaya

Where Pind Daan is completed

The Vishnupad temple holds the footprint of Lord Vishnu. Tradition tells that Sita offered Pind Daan for King Dasharatha on the banks of the Falgu here.

You will: offer Pind Daan at Vishnupad, on the Falgu and at the Akshayavat tree.

Your 3 days, 2 nights

The route, planned end to end

We follow the traditional Tristhali order, Prayagraj → Kashi → Gaya, so each day’s drive stays short and each rite happens at the right hour.

UTTAR PRADESH BIHAR Ganga Yamuna 120 km · 3 hrs 250 km · 5–6 hrs 1 2 3 PRAYAGRAJ DAY 1 KASHI DAY 2 GAYA DAY 3 Varanasi
Ganga & YamunaYour road route by private car
DAY1

Prayagraj · Triveni Sangam, then on to Kashi

  • MorningPickup and boat to the Sangam for sankalp, tarpan and Pind Daan
  • AfternoonDrive to Kashi, about 3 hours
  • EveningGanga Aarti on the ghats

Night 1 · Kashi

DAY2

Kashi · Shradh on the ghats, then on to Gaya

  • SunriseBoat along the ghats
  • MorningShradh at Pishach Mochan Kund and darshan of Kashi Vishwanath
  • AfternoonDrive to Gaya, about 5 to 6 hours

Night 2 · Gaya

DAY3

Gaya · Pind Daan is completed

  • MorningPind Daan at Vishnupad temple and on the Falgu
  • MiddayFinal offering at the Akshayavat tree
  • AfternoonDrop at Gaya station or airport, or back to Kashi

Journey complete

Included in your journey

You pray. We look after the rest.

Experienced purohits

Learned priests at every tirtha who follow your family’s tradition and gotra.

Complete puja samagri

Every item for Shradh and Pind Daan, prepared in advance. Nothing to carry.

Private car and boats

A comfortable car for the whole route, and boats at the Sangam and the ghats.

Two restful nights

Clean, calm rooms in Kashi and Gaya, close to where the rites take place.

Sattvik meals

Simple, pure vegetarian food suited to the days of Shradh.

One coordinator

A single person with you from pickup to drop, reachable at any hour.

पितरों को स्मरण, गंगा को प्रणाम।

“We grew up beside these ghats. When you arrive in Kashi, someone from our team will be waiting, so that for three days your only work is to remember.”

Your hosts · Soil N Soul, Varanasi

Book your journey

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Tell us when you would like to travel and how many of you are coming. We will reply on WhatsApp with a full plan for your family, including the timing of each rite by tithi.

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