🌟 What is the significance of performing Pitru Shanti Puja across 15 Moksha Tirths during Pitru Paksha?
Pitru Paksha begins with Bhadrapada Purnima and continues until Amavasya in the month of Ashwin. Usually, Pitru Paksha spans 16 tithis, but this year it will cover 15 days due to one tithi falling on the same day. During this period, Pitru Shanti Puja will be performed at a different holy tirth each day.
The purpose of this sacred ritual is to offer prayers for the peace of ancestors and to connect the family’s prayers with the spiritual significance of several important pilgrimage sites.
🌟 Where will this sacred Pitru Shanti journey begin?
The sacred journey will begin on 26 September, on Purnima Tithi, at Pishach Mochan Kund in Kashi. From Kashi, the journey will move through Prayagraj, Mathura, Puri and Ujjain before reaching different holy tirths across India. It will conclude at Kurukshetra on 10 October, on Mahalaya Amavasya.
🌟 Which Moksha Tirth will host the Pitru Shanti Puja on each tithi?
🔸 Purnima → 26 September 2026 → Pishach Mochan Kund, Kashi
🔸 Pratipada → 27 September 2026 → Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj
🔸 Dwitiya → 28 September 2026 → Vishram Ghat, Mathura
🔸 Tritiya → 29 September 2026 → Narendra Pushkarini Ghat, Puri
🔸 Chaturthi → 30 September 2026 → Shipra Ghat, Ujjain
🔸 Panchami → 30 September 2026 → Shipra Ghat, Ujjain
🔸 Shashthi → 1 October 2026 → Srirangapatna Region, Karnataka
🔸 Saptami → 2 October 2026 → Sarayu Ghat, Ayodhya
🔸 Ashtami → 3 October 2026 → Rameshwaram Ghat, Rameshwaram
🔸 Navami → 4 October 2026 → Bindu Sarovar, Siddhpur (Matru Gaya), Gujarat
🔸 Dashami → 5 October 2026 → Gokarna Region, Gokarna
🔸 Ekadashi → 6 October 2026 → Ganga Ghat, Haridwar
🔸 Dwadashi → 7 October 2026 → Pushkar Ghat, Pushkar
🔸 Trayodashi → 8 October 2026 → Galta Ji Kund, Jaipur
🔸 Chaturdashi → 9 October 2026 → Narmada Ghat, Madhya Pradesh
🔸 Amavasya → 10 October 2026 → Kurukshetra
🌟 What will be included in this 15-day ritual?
Across these 15 days, Pitru Shanti Shradh Puja, Pind Daan and Tarpan will be performed each day at a different holy tirth. During Pind Daan, offerings made from flour, rice, sesame and other traditional ingredients are offered in remembrance of ancestors. During Tarpan, water mixed with black sesame is offered while remembering the ancestors and praying for their peace.
🌟 What makes this Pitru Shanti Puja special?
The uniqueness of this puja lies in its wide scope. Instead of being limited to one tithi or one pilgrimage site, it brings together 16 tithis, 15 days and 15 sacred tirths as one complete sequence. Performing ancestral rituals on each tithi creates an opportunity to remember ancestors from different generations of the family and pray for their peace.
🌟 Why can this sankalp be meaningful for you?
Travelling to different pilgrimage sites across India for 15 consecutive days, performing ancestral rituals on each tithi and completing the entire sequence can be extremely difficult for one person. This ritual brings the complete 15-day, 15-tirth ancestral journey together under one sankalp, allowing devotees to participate in this extensive ancestral service.
🙏 Families who wish to take a comprehensive sankalp for the peace of their ancestors, relief from obstacles linked to Pitru Dosha, honouring departed ancestors and the well-being of their family can join this puja through Sri Mandir and participate in prayers performed across 15 sacred tirths from home.