Atlas · Nine sacred cities
तीर्थ क्षेत्र

The nine tirthas

Each city holds a river, a deity, and a scriptural mandate. We operate fully resident coordinator teams in all nine — all year, not only during Pitrupaksha.

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№ 01
Moksha-sthala
BIHAR
गया जी

Gaya Ji

The city where a hundred generations are liberated by a single offering.

Mentioned by name in the Garuda Purana, Vayu Purana, and Mahabharata as the foremost site for ancestor rites. The Phalgu flows beneath the sand; the Vishnupad bears Vishnu's footprint.

River
Phalgu
Rites
6
Pandits
48
From
₹ 5,100
2.5H FROM PATNA
Moksha city
№ 02
Moksha-sthala
UTTAR PRADESH
काशी

Kashi · Varanasi

The oldest living city, and the one city where moksha is promised by dying at its ghats. Every shradh rite is performed …

River
Ganga
Rites
6
From
₹ 4,200
25 MIN FROM VARANASI AIRPORT
King of tirthas
№ 03
Tirtharaj
UTTAR PRADESH
प्रयागराज

Prayagraj

Tirtharaj — "king of tirthas." The meeting of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati. Shradh here at Sangam is pa…

River
Triveni Sangam
Rites
5
From
₹ 4,500
1H FROM VARANASI
Gateway to the gods
№ 04
Sapta-puri
UTTARAKHAND
हरिद्वार

Haridwar

One of the seven holy cities. Har-ki-Pauri ghat is a particularly auspicious site for asthi-visarjan and tarpan — especi…

River
Ganga
Rites
4
From
₹ 3,800
1.5H FROM DEHRADUN AIRPORT
Time's own city
№ 05
Sapta-puri
MADHYA PRADESH
उज्जयिनी

Ujjain

The seat of Mahakaleshwar, one of the twelve jyotirlingas. Shradh rites performed on the Shipra are said to have special…

River
Shipra
Rites
4
From
₹ 4,100
1H FROM INDORE AIRPORT
Tripindi-sthala
№ 06
Jyotirlinga
MAHARASHTRA
त्र्यम्बकेश्वर

Trimbakeshwar

The source of the Godavari. Scripture specifies this as the one site where the three-fold tripindi rite must be performe…

River
Godavari
Rites
5
From
₹ 6,500
30 MIN FROM NASHIK
Saryu-tirtha
№ 07
Sapta-puri
UTTAR PRADESH
अयोध्या

Ayodhya

After his return from Lanka, Rama performed Dasharatha's shradh on the Saryu at Swargadwar Ghat. The rite is treated in …

River
Saryu
Rites
4
From
₹ 2,800
DIRECT FLIGHT FROM DELHI & MUMBAI (AYJ)
Eclipse tirtha
№ 08
Dharma-kshetra
HARYANA
कुरुक्षेत्र

Kurukshetra

Uniquely a shradh-sthala of collective memory — the dead of eighteen armies are remembered here, and the living who mour…

River
Sannihit Sarovar
Rites
4
From
₹ 3,400
3H FROM DELHI, 2H FROM CHANDIGARH
Himalayan · seasonal
№ 09
Char Dham
UTTARAKHAND · HIMALAYAS
बद्रीनाथ

Badrinath

Temple open May–November only. Shradh at Brahma Kapal is said to reach ancestors across birth-cycles, not merely generat…

River
Alaknanda
Rites
3
From
₹ 980
10-12H FROM DEHRADUN VIA RISHIKESH
"There are four sacred waters that carry pinda: the Phalgu, the Ganga, the Godavari, and the Saraswati unseen."
VAYU PURANA · 108.17