Some proof March 12 was of the fact that the ancient Indian spiritual practices and the ancient Indian civilization are indeed back. Why? Is that your question? Well, March 12 is now the world Agnihotr day!
Agnihotr is an offering in the direction of purification of the ambience. Every morning and each evening is offered a purificatory ablution including pure ghee and certain medicinal roots, the herbs, to the fire principle, the Agni, in a special triangular container, the hotr, the ritual altar.
Actually, there is also an entire elaborate process of ideally invoking the Agni devta, the fire principle, one of the major 'panch mahabhuta's', the five basic sustaining, foundational principles of the very universe, through the process of churning medicinal wooden planks, a throwback to the days mankind must have long long time ago ignited the fire which made us human, different from the hunting animals.
In a way, the daily Agnihotr practice is a tribute to the grand process of fire making which changed the very direction of the progress of mankind. It is also believed that the Agnihotr practice awakens and strengthens the six chakras of the mankind. The herbal roots and the ghee, it is believed, add to the purification of the entire ambience, including the very thought process.
In a way, it is a welcome process of self-reflexion as well as environmental purification, both of which are practices hugely required currently. It is in this spirit that I, born Agnihotri, every evening light up camphor while chanting the Ganesh prayers and certain Rigveda invocations. My small little attempt at purification of the very soul!
Pratima@It is always better to understand the basic poetry and the science behind the traditional processes!
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