A puja at a Teerth Kshetra has to be performed there, at the sthaan, on the tithi the shastra names for it. That is the whole reason the rite carries what it carries. For a family settled in the United States, that has usually meant waiting for a trip home, or letting a shraddh tithi pass with an apology to the pitrs.
Booking online resolves it without diluting anything. The acharya performs the full vidhi at the Kshetra and takes the sankalp in your naam and gotra, exactly as he would if you were standing beside him. The HD video that follows on WhatsApp carries your own names, spoken aloud.
The time difference is not a problem to solve. A ritual performed at sunrise in Ujjain happens while you are asleep in New Jersey or California, and that is fine — the sankalp is yours whether or not you are awake for it. What reaches you afterwards is the recording.
These Special Pujas are available year-round, and you pick the tithi yourself.
Yes. Payment runs through Razorpay, which accepts international Visa, Mastercard and Amex. You pay in Indian rupees and your bank applies its own conversion.
This is the most common question from families two generations out of India. Where the family gotra has been lost, Kashyap gotra is the accepted practice — it is what the tradition provides for exactly this situation. Enter Kashyap and the sankalp is complete.
Yes. Enter the naam and gotra of whoever the sankalp should carry — parents, children, the whole household. Many devotees abroad book on behalf of an elder still in India.
Yes. The video is sent to whatever WhatsApp number you give at checkout, in any country. Give the number you actually use, not an Indian number you no longer carry.