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Where the Acharya travels

The Acharya is based in Sultanpur. Kathas and anushthans are arranged across the surrounding districts and at the tirthas of Ayodhya, Prayagraj and Varanasi, and a kundli consultation can be held over the phone from anywhere.

Uttar Pradesh

Sultanpur

The Acharya is based in Sultanpur, so a katha, puja or kundli consultation anywhere in the district can usually be arranged at short notice, and a first meeting can be held in person rather than over the phone.

about 90 km from Sultanpur

Ayodhya

Ayodhya is about 90 km from Sultanpur — close enough that a puja or a day's anushthan can be conducted and returned from the same day, and a Katha needs only the dates blocked rather than a long stay arranged.

about 110 km from Sultanpur

Prayagraj

Prayagraj is about 110 km from Sultanpur, and most of what is asked for here is pitra karma at the Sangam — Tripindi Shraddh, tarpan and pind daan, which the tradition places at a tirtha and which Prayagraj is among the foremost places to perform.

about 140 km from Sultanpur

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.

about 60 km from Sultanpur

Jaunpur

Jaunpur is about 60 km from Sultanpur — near enough that a puja or a day's anushthan is conducted and returned from the same day, and a multi-day Katha needs only the dates blocked.

about 60 km from Sultanpur

Pratapgarh

Pratapgarh is about 60 km from Sultanpur, an adjacent district — a puja or a day's anushthan is conducted and returned from the same day, and for a Katha only the dates need blocking.

about 140 km from Sultanpur

Lucknow

Lucknow is about 140 km from Sultanpur by road, which is a comfortable single journey — a puja is conducted and returned from the same day, and a Bhagwat Saptah needs the dates blocked and nothing more elaborate arranged.

about 650 km from Sultanpur

Delhi NCR

Delhi and the NCR are an overnight train from Sultanpur. Kathas and anushthans are arranged here for families from Purvanchal who keep the same vidhi after settling in the city, and who want the sankalp taken in their own gotra and parampara.

about 1,500 km from Sultanpur

Mumbai

Mumbai is the furthest of these, a flight or a full day and night by train, so the dates are blocked in one stretch and settled further ahead than anywhere else — a month or more before the occasion rather than a fortnight.

about 1,250 km from Sultanpur

Ahmedabad

Kathas and yagyas in Ahmedabad are planned around one fixed obstacle that no other place on this list has — the nine nights of Navratri, when the city is occupied and almost nothing else can be held.

about 1,300 km from Sultanpur

Surat

Surat is a trading city, and the enquiries reflect it — a muhurat for opening a new shop or office, bhoomi pujan for new premises, and the Lakshmi puja and chopda pujan that begin the business year at Diwali.

about 850 km from Sultanpur

Ujjain

Ujjain is a jyotirlinga kshetra, and what is asked for here are the anushthans the tradition ties to Mahakaleshwar — Kaal Sarp Dosh nivaran, Mahamrityunjay jaap, and the graha shanti done at the kshetra rather than at home.

about 890 km from Sultanpur

Indore

Indore is about 55 km from Ujjain, and that short second distance shapes most arrangements here more than the long first one does — a family observance in Indore and an anushthan at Mahakaleshwar are very often planned as a single visit.

about 700 km from Sultanpur

Bhopal

Enquiries from Bhopal are mostly for the multi-day Kathas — a Bhagwat Saptah or a Ram Katha marking a family occasion — rather than a single afternoon's puja, which the distance does not justify for either side.

about 800 km from Sultanpur

Jaipur

Jaipur enquiries are usually tied to a large gathering — a Saptah in a hall, or the anushthans around a wedding — and are almost always planned as one long stay rather than a visit, because at this distance a second trip for the same occasion is not practical.

about 930 km from Sultanpur

Ajmer

Ajmer sits beside Pushkar, and a good number of enquiries from here are really about a rite at the Pushkar sarovar — tarpan, shraddh or a sankalp taken at the tirtha — with the family staying in Ajmer.

about 940 km from Sultanpur

Pushkar

Pushkar is a tirtha, and the rites asked for here are mostly the ones the tradition places at a tirtha rather than at home — tarpan and shraddh at the sarovar, Tripindi Shraddh for pitra dosh, and sankalp taken before the Brahma temple.

about 1,130 km from Sultanpur

Jodhpur

At this distance only the larger observances are worth the journey for either side — a Saptah for a family occasion, a Devi Bhagwat, or an anushthan tied to a new house or a business. For anything smaller, a consultation over the phone is the more sensible arrangement.

about 1,150 km from Sultanpur

Udaipur

Enquiries from Udaipur are usually tied to a wedding — the kundli matching that comes months before, and the anushthans around the occasion itself.

Somewhere not listed here? Call +91 94547 82346 — travel outside these places is arranged where the dates allow.