Lord Vishnu takes oblation to the forefathers through his Lotus feet at Gaya
First of all they visited Gaya, then Kasi, then Prayaga. Finally, with great pleasure, they came to Mathura.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya 5.11
" Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed this by His example when He went to Gaya to offer oblations to His forefathers. Even today there is a Visnu temple in Gayawhere such oblations are offered at the lotus feet of Lord Visnu. There have been cases where one's father or mother took the body of a ghost at death, and after oblations were offered at the lotus feet of Lord Visnu at Gaya, the father or mother was delivered. However, anyone who becomes a Vaisnava offers oblations to Visnu at every moment, and thus his forefathers are automatically delivered. If one son in the family becomes a Vaisnava, he can deliver fourteen generations of ancestors and fourteen generations of yet unborn descendants. This is confirmed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => SC 13: Ajamila Begins His Degraded Life
The Bindu Madhava temple is the oldest Visnu temple in Varanasi. At present this temple is known as Veni Madhava, and it is situated on the banks of the Ganges. Formerly five rivers converged there, and they were named Dhutapapa, Kirana, Sarasvati, Ganga and Yamuna. Now only the river Ganges is visible. The old temple of Bindu Madhava, which was visited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya 17.86
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu finally arrived at Prayaga and for ten successive days bathed in the confluence of the rivers Yamuna and Ganges during the festival of Makara-sankranti [Magha-mela].
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya 18.222
the Lord is present at Puri (Orissa) as Lord Jagannatha (also known as Purusottama);
He is present at Allahabad (Prayaga) as Bindu-madhava;
at Mandara Hill He is present as Madhusudana.
In the Anandaranya, He is known as Vasudeva, Padmanabha and Janardana;
at Visnukanci, He is known as Visnu; and
at Mayapura, He is known as Hari. There are millions and billions of such arca forms of the Lord distributed all over the universe. All these arca-murtis are summarized in the Caitanya-caritamrta in the following words:
sarvatra prakasa tanra -- bhakte sukha dite
jagatera adharma nasi' dharma sthapite
"The Lord has so distributed Himself all over the universe just to give pleasure to the devotees, to give the common man facility to eradicate his sins, and to establish religious principles in the world."
>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 3.1.17
Note:
Kashi, Gaya and Allahabad, these three places are considered for Pinda-Daan. As in shastra, it is called Agram, Madhyam and Moolam.
According to Puranas Pitru kshetra have been divided into three parts out of these Kasi as agram. Gaya as Madhyam and Allahabad as Moolam and Badrinath as bhrama kapali kshetra.
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