By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Of the thousand songs in the Rigveda, we find 200 songs praising Agni. In fact, the first song of the Rigveda is a…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist
Of the thousand songs in the Rigveda, we find 200 songs praising Agni. In fact, the first song of the Rigveda is a praise to Agni, who is called the priest and messenger of the gods. Agni must be placed in the eastern direction and it is through him that offerings reach the gods. Fire is clearly the most important element in a vedic ritual.
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