Spiritual Cleansing by Fire

The ritual of Agni Hotra Ceremony is the way to cleanse the spirit within (microcosmo) and the Universal Spirit (macrocosmo). In Agni Hotra, the priest offers clarified butter, the symbol of religious principles, into the fire, which represents the mouth of the Cosmic Being. Along with the offering of clarified butter five types of grains-rice, wheat, barley, rye and dhal, all produced of the earth-are also offered in the fire. This too is performed with the chanting of mantras.
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