Pind Daan — Varanasi, Gaya & Prayagraj

It's ₹12,499 a head if two of you share a room, and that's for the full 3 nights / 4 days. For that you get 3 nights hotel, twin sharing; AC vehicle throughout; pandit arranged at each of the three sites; breakfast daily; and driver, fuel, toll, permits.

You'd pay for dakshina to the pandits, ritual materials (samagri), lunch and dinner, and GST yourself. We'd rather you hear that from us now than at the hotel desk.

Pishach Mochan, Varanasi, Vishnupad and Falgu ghat, Gaya and Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj are the ones people come for. Scroll up for the plan, we've put a time next to every stop.

We start by 11:00. Arrive and check in. After that the plan moves on at 14:00. Meet the pandit; the ritual at Pishach Mochan is arranged for the afternoon window.

It wraps up around 12:30 on day 4. Drop at Prayagraj, or drive back to Varanasi on request. Please don't book a train or flight before that, you'd only be rushing the last morning.

Many families do pind daan at Gaya alone, and most traditions hold that it is enough. We can cost a two-day trip from Varanasi: the drive, a night in Gaya so you are at the Falgu for the 05:30 window, and the pandit booked. His dakshina stays between you and him.