Why is Gaya considered the best place for Pind Daan in India?

Gaya’s supreme status for Pind Daan is established in the Vayu Purana, Agni Purana, Vishnu Purana, and the Mahabharata — all of which declare Gaya as the unique Pitru Tirtha where Lord Vishnu himself is present as Gadadhar, directly accepting the Pindas offered to ancestors. The legend of Gayasura — the asura who allowed Lord Vishnu to place his foot on his body (leaving the famous Vishnupad footprint) — grants this land permanent sanctity. Scriptures promise that a single Pind Daan performed at Gaya liberates seven generations of ancestors (Sapta Pitri) from the cycle of rebirth. No other tirtha in India carries the same scriptural endorsement for ancestral liberation specifically.