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Provide gotra, departed soul's name, and any requirements. Don't know your gotra? Our pandits will help.
Ritual Performed at Sacred Site
A Veda-trained pandit performs the complete ceremony as per shastra at the designated holy teerth.
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This daan will be performed in Prayagraj. Our team will share a video/photo update within 72 hours.
This daan will be performed in Prayagraj. Our team will share a video/photo update within 72 hours.
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What's Included
- Asthi Visarjan at the sacred Falgu (Phalgu) river, Gaya
- Experienced Gaya Teerth-Purohit (Gayawal tradition)
- All samagri (sesame, Gangajal, kush, flowers, incense, ghee lamps, barley)
- Sankalpa with gotra, nakshatra & lineage
- Tarpan with water & sesame offerings
- Asthi Pravah (ash immersion with Vedic mantras)
- Darshan guidance at Vishnupad Temple
What's Not Included
- Travel to Gaya
- Accommodation
- Meals for family
- Pind Daan / Shradh (separate services)
- Photography / videography
- Extra Dakshina / gifts / donations to the priest
About This Ritual
Asthi Visarjan in Gaya — Immersing the Ashes at the Falgu
For families who come to Gaya for their final rites, Asthi Visarjan at the Falgu (Phalgu) river carries a meaning few other places hold. Gaya is the foremost tirtha for the liberation of ancestors — the Vayu Purana's Gaya Mahatmya describes this kshetra as the place where offerings made for the departed carry merit available nowhere else. Many families immerse the asthi here at the Falgu and follow it with Pind Daan at the sacred vedis, completing the ancestral duty in a single journey.
Asthi Visarjan — from asthi (the bone-ash remains) and visarjan (release into sacred water) — is the rite by which the remains of the departed are returned to the elements and the soul is helped on its onward path. The Garuda Purana, in its Preta Khanda, treats this not as a courtesy but as a direct duty of the living toward the dead. Performed with the correct sankalpa, tarpan and mantras, it brings peace to the family and dignity to the departed.
What this service covers
Our experienced Gaya Teerth-Purohits, from the traditional Gayawal lineage, conduct the complete rite for you: the sankalpa naming your gotra, nakshatra and lineage; tarpan with water and sesame; and the Asthi Pravah — the immersion of the ashes with the prescribed Vedic mantras at the Falgu. The full samagri is arranged on your behalf, and we guide you for darshan at the nearby Vishnupad Temple. The exact inclusions and exclusions are listed above.
Who this is for
This service is for families travelling to Gaya to immerse a loved one's ashes, and for those who wish to complete asthi visarjan and pind daan together in the same visit. If you cannot travel, our purohits can perform the rite on your behalf as your Pratinidhi (authorised representative), with the ceremony shown to you over live video — please contact us for the remote option.
To arrange your Asthi Visarjan in Gaya, choose your preferred date and book below, or speak with our team for guidance on timing, the Falgu, and combining the rite with Pind Daan.