The places
Five of the six are places for the departed. The sixth is for something else, and is set apart below.
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Haridwar
Uttarakhand
Immersion of ashes at the Ganga and Narayana Bali for an untimely death.
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Kashi
Uttar Pradesh
Rites on the Ganga where ashes are immersed and the departed are released.
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Gaya
Bihar
Pinda pradanam, the offering that stands for every ancestor at once, whatever the date or the hour.
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Tirupullani
Tamil Nadu
Pitru tarpanam at the Darbhasayana Rama temple, kept for the departed and for a lineage with no heir.
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Rameswaram
Tamil Nadu
Tarpanam at the shore where Rama worshipped, for the departed whose rites were never performed.
The rites at each place are still being confirmed with our purohit. Before anything is arranged, we will tell you exactly what is offered.
A place for a different remedy
Kukke Subramanya
Karnataka
Kukke Subramanya is not a place for the departed. Its rites are the remedy for Sarpa Dosha and Kaala Sarpa Dosha, and are not rites for ancestors or for ancestral debt.