Gau daan | Shradh Pooja | Pind Daan at Prayagraj

Perform the ultimate act of devotion for your ancestors at the holy Triveni Sangam. This supreme service combines the sacred Pind Daan with the highly meritorious ritual of Gau Daan (the gift of a cow), ensuring your ancestors receive the highest blessings for their complete salvation.

The Combined Power of Pind Daan & Gau Daan in Prayagraj

Our holy scriptures, the Puranas, describe the immeasurable benefits of performing these two powerful rituals at the King of Tirthas.

• Pind Daan at Prayagraj: The Agni and Padma Puranas teach that ancestral rites performed at the holy Sangam yield “undecaying merits.” Offering a Pinda into the Ganga here certainly leads to the salvation of the ancestors, granting them a place in eternal heaven and purifying the devotee of sins from countless lifetimes.
• The Supreme Merit of Gau Daan (The Gift of a Cow): The gift of a cow is revered as one of the highest forms of charity. The Skanda Purana calls the donation of a Kapila (tawny-coloured) cow the “most excellent among all forms of donations.” The Agni Purana states that by gifting a cow, one attains fortune, wealth, and a place in heaven. This sacred gift is believed to help the soul of the ancestor cross the Vaitarani river, ensuring their safe passage to the heavenly realms.

Performing Pind Daan with Gau Daan in Prayagraj is therefore the most complete and powerful offering one can make, combining the liberation of the soul with the highest form of charitable merit.

Shradh Pooja is performed for our dearly departed ancestors. Triveni Sangam Prayagraj, has great importance of ancestor rituals. Followed by the month of pitars, many pilgrims from all over the India & NRI’s from abroad come to perform Shradh Pooja.

Pind daan at Prayagraj is also been conducted as per the holy hindu texts by expert purohits.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

1. What are the types of Gau Daan?

There are following types of Gau Daan-

• Paap Dhenu Daan- To get rid from Sins
• Karj Mukti Dhenu Daan- To get freedom from all debts of lifetime
• Moksha Dhenu Daan- For Moksha or Salvation (freedom from the birth and death cycle)
• Prayaschit Dhenu Daan- This is done to get forgiveness
• Vaitrani Dhenu Daan- To get moksha during the last days of a person or to cross the deadly vaitrani river (river of hell)

2. What happens if shradh is not performed?

Here is a shlokha from Shrimadbhagwadgita which is said for those who do not perform shradh, पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।

It says, The ancestors of such persons (who do not do Shradh) go to the Hell region as a result of their failure to execute rituals such as pind daan, Shradh, tarpana (Ritualistic offering water to the pitars), and so on. As a result, it inhibits the descendants from being free.

3. Is Pind daan necessary?

Pind daan is a holy ritual which is conducted after the cremation of an individual, it is an offering to our grands, so they can acquire sadgati (next stage of life after death).

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