Moksha Narayana Bali Pooja in Srirangapatna is performed for the calming of the souls of the left and to satisfy their wants and subsequently address Pitru Dosha. The puja is performed by family individuals as it were. Moksha Narayanabali Puja is depicted in the Garuda Purana. Moksha Narayana Bali Pooja in Srirangapatna is believed to help a person get rid of ancestral curses, also known as Pitru Dosha. The custom is performed by families to free souls of their left family individuals who met an inopportune passing. It has to be performed when there are anomalous deaths, like passing by disease, passing by suicide, passing by fasting, passing by animals, passing by a revile, passing by murder, death by suffocating, by snake bite etc.