Fire - One among the pancha boothams (the 5 essential elements for sustaining life in this planet ). Fire has been worshiped and is being worshiped by all major religions in this world and in Hinduism Fire is prayed as God Agni and forms an integral part of any function. Starting from the first birthday then on to the upanayanam, marriage and finally death, we either sit in front of it or get burnt on it. Sacrificial items are offered to the phyre created, which range from Ghee to even cooked food. The food is cooked and then offered into the phyre during the chants of mantras by learned seers. Also various kinds of seeds and spice items are poured into the phyre which they say cure lot of aliments when inhaled or the smoke touches the body. What you see on the image is the phyre lit in a marriage, where in front the bride and the groom sit and do offerings. Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
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