Gokarna - Shradh Puja

Tarpan Puja is a Hindu ritual offering water to the ancestors. During the puja special mantras and prayers are chanted. The name and Gotra of the soul are mentioned in the prayers. Devotees can do this puja at Gokarna.

Gokarna Narayan Bali Puja is performed to appease Lord Narayan for the unnatural death of a human or any Pitru Dosh found in the horoscope. This puja is to be performed in all cases of unnatural deaths, like death by animals, fire, curse, cholera, disease, suicide, snake bite etc. Narayan Bali is performed to fulfil and pacify the unsatisfied desires of dead souls who are trapped in our world because these desires stay with the soul even after death. To get rid of their pain they trouble their own family.

Shradh Puja is a ceremony performed during the Shradh period which is also known as Pitru Pakash. The main focus of shradh puja is to offer food and their favourite items to the departed ancestors. A common offering like rice, vegetables, sweets, milk, fruit and water is done. Throughout the puja, various prayers and mantras are chanted. It is believed that performing this puja in Gokarna, helps the souls of the ancestors find peace and blesses their family.

The Tripindi Shradha Puja is a ritual performed in Gokarna to bring peace to the souls of ancestors who have died with unfulfilled desires or without proper rites. It is believed that this puja can remove the Pitru Dosh. Tripindi Shradha Puja can be performed at any holy place. This puja includes offering 3 Pinds to three generations of ancestors.

Narayan Bali and Tripindi shradh rites are performed at Gokarna to provide momentum to the ancestors of the devotees. Narayan Bali puja is said to enable a person to get rid of an ancestral curse, which is also called Pitru Dosha. Tirpindi shradh puja is done to provide peace to the departed souls of ancestors of the three generations of devotees.