Importance of  Pinda-daan

Shlok :

जीवतो वाक्यकरणात झयायेभूरीभोजनात /  गयायां पिंड दानाच्च त्रिभिपुत्रस्य पुत्रता

Meaning :  Obeying our parents  life  long, giving   food   in  the shraaddha and performing Shraddha in  Gaya Kshetra are the three qualities which a son can be  proud of

Shlok:

श्राद्धानिपुष्टिकामाश्च ये करिष्यन्ति मानवाः
तेभ्यः पुष्टिंप्रजांश्चैव दास्यन्ति पितरः सदा
प्रेतांपितृश्च निर्देश्य भोज्यं यतप्रियमात्मनः
श्रद्धयादीयते यत्र यत श्राद्धं परिकिर्तीतम

Meaning : Invoking our forefather as per  scriptures and performing pind-daan is  the meaning of  the Shraaddha.  Whoever performs shraaddha and pleases their forefathers they will gain the good  wishes from all  pitrus

Shlok :

आयु किर्ती बलं तेजो धनं पुत्रं पशुं स्रियः ।
ददन्ति पितरः तस्य आरोग्यं नात्र संशयः

Meaning  :  one   gets  long   life,   fame, strength,  brightness,  wealth,  progeny, animals, women (wife) and health by  appeasing the pitrus and they protect our family. Hence, one  should perform shraaddha.

Shlok :

मत्प्रसादातअवाप्नोति शाश्वतम पदमव्ययं ।

Meaning : The  soul obtains a permanent place by  the grace of the “Parmatma.” When satweek soul is  in  the mother’s womb then  it  has “Aparoksha Jnana” and it continuously praises the God  when he  thinks of his past Punya & Paapa and the happiness and sorrow arising out of them. When the soul leaves his body at the time of death and the body is  burned at that time, he  acquires a subtle body. And  experiences the fruits (Karma Fal)  of his deeds.

Shlok :

गयायां पिंडतोयेन पितृ मुक्ति च हेतवे

Auspicious Day for Gaya Sraddha or Pind Dan at Gaya

Pind Dan can be done all the year but it is better to perform Gaya sradha or Gaya PindDan during auspicious 18days pitri paksh mela or 7days, 5days, 3days or 1day amawasya with krishana paksh in any month. The auspicious 18 days Tri paksha sraddha or Pitripaksha mela,that is considered best days for offering oblations to the departed forefathers or any departed Family members,And this Auspicious 18days comes in every year in the month of September or October.And, An estimated 10 laces to 15 laces pilgrims arrive in the Gaya city during the Pitripaksh Mela for GayaJi sraddha or Pind Dan Earlier pind Dan was performed around the year. There were 360 platforms where pind Dan was done with wheat and oat flour mixed with dried milk. Pind Dan is also performed symbolically with mud balls. Presently pind Dan is performed at Vishnu temple, Akshay,Vat,Phalgu and Punpun river, Ramkund, Sitakund, Brahm Mangalpuri, Kagbali, and with the five pilgrimages they together make 48 platforms where pind Dan is performed.

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Importance: Gaya was so holy that he had the power to absolve the sins of those who touched him or looked at him; after his death many people have flocked to Gaya to perform Shraddha sacrifices on his body to absolve the sins of their ancestors. Gods and goddesses had promised to live on Gayasur's body after he died, and the hilltop protuberances of Gaya are surrounded by temples to various gods and goddesses.

What is Pinddaan?
Pind Daanis the Hindu belief that after the death, soul of human being still remain in this materialistic world. Just because of the loss of body (due to death) someone cannot detach himself / herself from this world. The pull of Love, kindness, affection for his / her family, friends, relatives etc. and the affinity for the materialistic world prevent him to go for the extreme and ultimate departure. As a result, being a bodiless state that man (without body) gets pain. He wants to do many things but cannot. They cannot or even do not want to make themselves free from this materialistic world. 'PINDA DAAN' according to Hindu Belief Gives them an ultimate relief and paves the way for their departure to the ultimate world of Peace. Pind daan is considered to be a mandatory rite believed to bring salvation to the departed souls. An obligation of all Devout Hindus.

Where to perform Pind Daan ?

Bank of the Holy River “Ganga” anywhere in India. But as per India mostly people perform pind-daan at Gaya Bihar.

Imporatance of Gaya Sraddha or Pind Daan and PitraDosh Nivaran