Pitru Paksha Shraddh 16 Tithis Gaya ji Falgu River Pitru Tarpan

In the Garuda Purana, Lord Vishnu tells: "Without Jal-Tarpan in Pitru Paksha, ancestors remain thirsty. And only when the ancestors are satisfied does the life of their descendants become truly fulfilled." The word Tarpan itself carries the answer - it means to satisfy, to quench. Across every Pitru Paksha, your ancestors wait - not for elaborate ritual - but for a simple Tarpan. Offered in their name. At a sacred bank. By a descendant who remembers.

Lord Shri Ram chose Falgu - and that made it supreme
When Lord Shri Ram, Mata Sita, and Lakshmanji came to perform the Shraddh of King Dashrath, they had access to every sacred tirtha in all of creation. Every river. Every holy bank. The Rishis of the age were with them as guides. And the bank they chose - the tirtha they chose - was Falgu Nadi at Gaya. When the Lord Himself performs Pitru-karma at a specific tirtha, no further validation is required. The sanctity of Falgu was not declared by the shastras alone - it was affirmed by the Lord's own act of devotion to His father.

Three Mahapuranas - 21 generations liberation
The Vayu Purana, the Agni Purana, and the Garuda Purana - three of the eighteen Mahapuranas - declare in absolute unison: Shraddh and Tarpan performed at Gaya's Falgu river liberates twenty-one generations of ancestors. Your great-great-grandparents. Their parents. And every generation before them - reaching back across centuries - all touched by a single act of Tarpan at this one bank.

Falgu Nadi, Gaya - The supreme Pitru Tirtha of all Sanatan Dharma
The earth of Gaya is Gayasur's own body, consecrated by Lord Vishnu's lotus feet - and it is this divine Vishnu-sparsha that makes every act of Pitru-karma performed here arrive at its greatest potency. Falgu Nadi flows through this already sacred earth. A tirtha within a Moksha Tirtha. The convergence of river and land that the entire tradition points toward when it speaks of Pitru liberation.

Perform Falgu Tarpan from anywhere - through Sri Mandir
Traveling to Gaya and personally performing Tarpan at the Falgu bank is not possible for everyone. But through Sri Mandir, from anywhere in the world, Gaya's Vedic priests will perform your complete Pitru Tarpan with Sankalp taken in your name, ancestor’s name and gotra, in full Vedic observance at the Falgu bank. Video of the Tarpan will be delivered to you within 24–48 hours.