At dusk the lamps are lit and the aarti is sung at the Jyotirlinga, as it is every evening. A deep is lit in your name and kept burning through it. This is the seva to offer on a birthday, an anniversary, or any day that should be marked without being made into an occasion.
Choose your offering
Deep Arpan
One lamp, one name
₹201
Up to 1 name in the sankalp
A lamp lit in your name
Recording of the aarti
Parivar Deep Arpan
A lamp for each name
₹551
Up to 5 names in the sankalp
Up to five names, a lamp for each
Recording of the aarti
What's included
Your sankalp — every name and gotra — recited by the acharya during the ritual
Video and photos of the seva in the app, to watch and download for 90 days
Tirth prasad from the offering, couriered to your address
A written note of the date, muhurat and what was offered in your name
Why it is offered
For a day worth marking
A birthday, an anniversary, a first day at something new.
A lamp kept burning in your name
Lit at the start of the aarti and left through it.
How it works
You give the sankalp — Names and gotra of everyone the seva is offered for, and the prayer in your own words. This is what the acharya reads out — nothing else about you is sent.
The temple receives the list — Sankalps close a few hours before the ritual so the list can be prepared. Book after that and you join the next occurrence, which the app shows you first.
The seva is performed — At the temple, at its own muhurat, by the acharyas who perform it every week — whether or not anyone has booked.
The video and photos reach you — Usually within two days, on your booking in the app, and we email you when they arrive. The prasad follows by courier, with a note of what was offered and when.
The rituals are performed by the temple's own acharyas, in the Shaiva tradition the shrine has followed for generations. Punyaloka arranges the sankalp and the recording; it does not send a priest of its own.
Questions
Do I need to be present at the temple?
No. A seva performed on your behalf is an old and ordinary practice — the sankalp carries your name and intention to the ritual whether you stand there or not.
What if I do not know my gotra?
Leave it blank. The acharya recites the default lineage, which is the accepted practice for anyone who does not know theirs. It changes nothing about the seva.
Can I offer this for someone else?
Yes, and most people do. Add their name and gotra in the sankalp; they do not need an account, and they do not need to know unless you want them to.
What happens if the seva cannot be performed?
It is refunded in full, without you having to ask. A ritual the temple could not hold is not something we keep money for.
Give your sankalp — names, gotra and prayer — and the seva is performed in your name on 25 October 2026.