Why Are Yagnas Performed?
Why Are Yagnas Performed? Yagna or havan is an integral part of Vedic culture. The worship of fire has a deep philosophy behind it. The Aryans wrote the Vedas and the first word in the Rig Veda is agni or fire. Yagna is based on the science of agni. According to the science of fire, whatever substance we offer into it is reduced to ashes, and its subtle elements turn gaseous and expand to soar high into the atmosphere and beyond. Before offering any article or substance into the havan kund, the pit made into the ground or made of metal for the purpose of making offerings to the god of fire, it is charged with a mantra and thus guided towards a particular deity by naming it. Our oblations are consequently received by the forces of nature. Like the ancient rishis, NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists have also discovered that substances expand when heated. These scientists