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Pooja | Duration : 45 Minutes
Asthi Visarjan
What's Included : Asthi (Ashes), - Priests or Purohits, - Mantras and Prayers
What's Excluded : Pollution and Contamination, - Extravagant Displays, - Disrespectful Behavior
About Pooja
Asthi Visarjan is a ritual that involves the ashes (asthi) of a deceased person into the holy river water. This puja is an important part of the last rites. During Asthi Visarjan Puja at Prayagraj family members conduct prayer for the good journey to their afterlife, chant Mantras and take blessings from the soul.
At first, Sankalp is taken in the name of the devotees. Then puja is done of the ashes of the deceased person following all the proper Vedic rituals, mantras are chanted by the pujari while doing the puja. Then the pouring of the ashes in the water is done by the devotees with the help of the pujari and the ritual is completed by taking the blessings.
Benefits
Asthi Visarjan at Prayagraj helps in deceased's soul to attain peace and reach the afterlife.
Process
This puja can be done at Prayagraj on any day of the year according to the mahurat.
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