Agnihotra / Homa therapy

Definition of Agnihotra

The process of offering two oblations of two pinch full of rice smeared with cow’s ghee into fire prepared out of dried cow dung in a pyramid shaped copper vessel exactly at local sunrise and sunset times alongside chanting of two specific Sanskrit mantras is called Agnihotra.


Importance of Agnihotra as Mentioned in Our Ancient Vedic Sutra (Scriptures):
Agnihotra is a combination of two Sanskrit words, Agni & Hotra.
Literally, Agni means fire, & Hotra means to offer. Agnihotra
according to Vedas is the simplest form of Yajnya.



 According to the ancient Vedic scripture Shraut Sutras, Agnihotra, is a healing fire ritual that should be performed at every sunrise and sunset.
 Purush sukta has also emphasized upon performance of daily Yajnya.
 Kathak Samhita in praise of Agnihotra has said that Gods attained godhood and swargaloka, the state of eternal bliss by practicing Agnihotra.
 Shatapat Brahman compares Agnihotra with a boat that leads to Swarg, the eternal bliss. It is referred to as Avinashi Yajnya which means, its relevance never fades. T
 Agnihotra is viewed as ‘jaramaryam satra’ a ritual that should be performed without disruption as it’s a basic and essential practices that heals and harmonizes one’s life.

To perform, practice, and experience the benefits of Agnihotra, we have to follow rules. When the ritual is performed sincerely and without changing the basic rules it brings beneficial

5 basic principles of agnihotra

1. Observe timings- sunrise or sunset
2. The copper vessel used should be semi pyramid shape
3. Discipline- use cow dung cakes only
4. Offerings- cow ghee, cow milk compulsory (a total of 51 ingredients are used) and proper mantras which are different for sunrise and sunset
5. Understanding the Mantras and surrendering to the power

Mantras used during sunrise and sunset.
On each swaha offer rice to the agni devta.