The Pitru Paksha has begun, and devotees have gathered at the Ganga Ghat in Kashi to offer water to their ancestors for 14 days, holding sesame seeds, barley, and grass in their hands.

With the beginning of Pitru Paksha, a unique sight of devotion to ancestors is being witnessed in Kashi, the city of salvation. Devotees from different parts of the country are reaching Varanasi with the desire for peace for their ancestral spirits, freedom from ancestral debt, and liberation. From Pishachmochan Kund to the banks of the Ganges, crowds have been gathering since morning to perform Shraddha rituals, offer Tarpan, and distribute Pind Daan. Amidst Vedic chants, devotees pray to their ancestors...