Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s granddaughter performs his ‘pind-daan’

Kanpur: Nandita Misra, the grand-daughter of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was among dozens of women, who performed the ‘pind-daan’ (a ritual of making offerings to the souls of ancestors) in Kanpur on Sunday. The offering is made during ‘Pitra-Paksh’ (the ongoing fortight dedicated in the Hindu calendar to remembering the forefathers) and was organised by the ‘Yug Dadhichi Deh-Daan Sansthan’ at the Sarsaiya Ghat on the banks of the Ganga here. In a break from the past, a large number of women participated in the ‘Pind Daan’, which is traditionally performed by the male members of the family. Dozens of women, who are doctors, teachers and other professional, have been performing ‘Pind Daan’ to pray for the salvation of their ancestors and also unborn girl children who are killed in the womb. (IANS)

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