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  Know the right way to do Tarpan and Pind Daan in Pitru Paksha

  Astrology | September 23, 2021 9:55 IST

  There is a lot of importance of worship in Shradh. Due to this the ancestors are satisfied. Know from Acharya Indu Prakash the correct method of performing Pind Daan and Tarpan.

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  Transgenders perform pind daan or last rites in Varanasi

  Lifestyle | September 17, 2020 22:16 IST

  Amid chants of mantras, the kinnar (transgender) people, led by Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhada Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi performed 'pind daan' (last rites) of their ancestors during Pitri Paksha at Pishach Mochan Kund in Varanasi.

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  Six Russian women offered 'Pind daan' in Gaya

  India | September 27, 2019 6:58 IST

  Six Russian women offered 'Pind daan' (a Hindu ritual to offer prayers to the departed soul for its peace and salvation), for the salvation of their ancestors at Devghat area located near the famed Vishnupad Temple in this Bihar town where Hindus congregate for the ritual. The pilgrims performed all the rituals for salvation and offered the 'pind daan' in the Falgu river as per the Sanatan Dharma.

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  BJP to do "Pind Daan" for its 'murdered' cadres in Kolkata

  India | September 17, 2019 20:35 IST

  The event is slated to take place on September 28 on the banks of the Hoogly river, a tributary of the Ganga. Sources say the venue will be Babu Ghat in Kolkata.

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  Shortage prompts use of child priests in Gaya

  India | October 09, 2012 17:22 IST

  Gaya, Oct 9: Children as young as six, rather than mastering their alphabets, are chanting vedic hymns at the famous Vishnupad temple here - thanks to the acute shortage of traditional Hindu priests in this