Narayan Bali is a necessary ritual performed to relieve the soul of a person who underwent an abnormal or untimely death.
Narayan Bali Puja is described in the Garuda Purana and is performed in cases of unnatural death, including accident, fall or injury, suicide, death by animal, snake or epidemic, or any sudden or untimely death in the family line. Nag Bali is often performed alongside it, to address the sin of harming a snake, knowingly or unknowingly.
Five learned Brahmins are invited for the ritual, which typically takes about 3.5 hours and follows ten traditional steps — including invoking the departed soul, performing the funeral rite on a symbolic dummy body, and concluding with the pyre that liberates the soul toward its final destination.
Gokarna carries a 1,300-year tradition of Vedic scholars and priests performing Narayan Bali, Kaal Sarp Dosh Puja, Maha Mrityunjaya Homam, Pind Pradhan, and Tripindi Shraddha, going back to the Brahmin families first settled here by King Mayooravarma.
As soon as possible after an unnatural death occurs, or once Pitru Dosha is identified in a horoscope. It can also be performed during Pitru Paksha.
Yes, this ritual requires the family's presence at the temple. We assist with travel planning and nearby accommodation.
Moksha Narayana Bali is an extended form of the ritual performed for complete liberation of the soul. Ask us on WhatsApp which is right for your family's situation.