about 140 km from Sultanpur
Pandit for Puja and Anushthan in Varanasi
Varanasi is about 140 km from Sultanpur, and the enquiries that come from here are usually for an anushthan the city itself is the reason for — Mahamrityunjay jaap, a rudrabhishek, or pitra karma at the ghats.
Mahamrityunjay jaap is asked for here more than anywhere else, and it is worth knowing before enquiring that it is measured in jap sankhya rather than in hours — the count is fixed at the sankalp according to the reason, and the count decides how many days it runs and how many ritviks sit. A family that arrives with a date but no count usually has to settle the count first.
Travel is by road and is arranged from this end. For an anushthan at a ghat or a temple the permission and the slot are the family's to arrange locally, since they depend on the place; the vidhi, the sankalp and the samagri list come from here.
Commonly arranged in Varanasi
Tripindi Shraddh and Mahamrityunjay Jaap
Tripindi Shraddh and Mahamrityunjay mantra Jaap — Anushthans relating to the ancestors and to good health.
Yagya, Anushthan and Bhoomi Pujan
Yagya and Vedic Anushthans, Bhoomi Pujan, and religious and auspicious ceremonies.
Navgraha and Graha Shanti Puja
Navgraha Shanti, Graha Shanti Puja and Mangal Dosh Shanti Puja — performed as per the Shastras, with mantra-jaap.