Who is eligible to perform Narayan Bali Puja?

The Garuda Purana explicitly states that “the well-wishing sons, grandsons, and sapindas (close blood relatives)” must perform Narayan Bali to avoid Lokagarha — the spiritual condemnation that befalls a family when an ancestor dies unnaturally and is not liberated. When a son is unavailable, the hierarchy extends to grandsons, great-grandsons, the wife, daughter, daughter’s son (Dauhitra), brother, and other sapinda relatives. If no family member can perform the ritual, a qualified Vedic priest may perform it on behalf of the family through a formal sankalpa naming the deceased and the gotra. We regularly conduct Narayan Bali on behalf of families — in person and for NRI families via remote arrangement.