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To perform Agnihotra you need a pure copper pyramid of specific proportions which has been made specially for Agnihotra. This is included in our Agnihotra Kit. Then you will need dry cow dung cakes, some ghee (clarified butter) and a little pure rice (we reccomend organic brown rice).

Once you have all the physical materials you will need to get the sunrise and sunset timings for the place where you live. You can mail our team at support@agnihotradirect.com and we will be most delighted to provide you with sunrise and sunset timings for your location. Please let us know your city or longitude and lattitude as well as your timezone.

Once you have all these items, Agnihotra can be performed and the magical healing effects of the fire can be experienced.

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We will gladly refund you in full for any Agnihotra Kits you may have purchased from Agnihotra Direct that you are not completely satisfied with. Simply contact our customer care department and they will advise you how to return your product. Once received we will refund your card in full less the shipping charges you were charged which are non-refundable. Please note that we cannot accept any returns of used Agnihotra pyramids.

At present we are just providing the Agnihotra Kits as the dried cow dung, rice and ghee are easily available around the world. Look for any organic dairy farm in your area and approach the farmer to get cow dung. We suggest preparing a drying tray from chicken wire and a wooden frame then leaving the dung in the sun for a few days. If you are in a cold and rainy climate then you can dry the dung in an oven or besides a fire. In the sun it takes a few days to dry and in an oven or besides a fire it can be dried within a day.

Ghee is easily prepared at home too and besides using it for Agnihotra, it's an excellent idea to use it to prepare your food in. It has hundreds of medicinal properties and is considered very healthful and auspicious in Ayurvedic Medicine.

To make ghee, simple get some organic (or othewise) unsalted butter from your local dairy or supermarket. Heat it on a low to moderate heat in a thick bottemed pot for some time. After 30-40 minutes of gently boiling, the butter will become golden and separate into the ghee and the residues. You can filter this through a fine sieve or a coffee filter and bottle it for use with Agnihotra.

For the rice offering, we suggest organic brown rice which is easily avaiable. If organic rice is not available where you live then simply use any rice of the finest grade you can find.

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If you need just the copper pyramid we can supply this but we enjoy and prefer to supply you with a complete kit for your convenience. The kit allows for you to perform Agnihotra more easily. If you do though just need pyramids then let us know via the Contact Us page and we can arrange for this.

How to perform Agnihotra:

It is simple and easy to perform Agnihotra each day. To perform follow the steps below and in no time your home and surroundings will be transformed by Agnihotra.

Agnihotra Checklist:

1. Agnihotra pyramid (pure copper pyramid used for preparing your fire within).
2. Dried cow dung cakes
3. Ghee (clarified butter)
4. Two pinches of pure rice
5. Exact timings for your locale (if you don't have then contact us)
6. Pronunciation of sunrise and sunset mantras

If you do not have any of the items then please contact us and we will help you so that you can easily perform Agnihotra each day.

Procedure:

Wait until the appropriate time as per your timing sheet and about 10-15 minutes before this time prepare your fire with a little liquid (make it warm to liquefy the ghee) ghee and a few pieces of cow dung cakes. Try to time it that your fire is strong at the exact time of the offering. You can keep your fire going strongly by feeding it a little liquid ghee every few minutes. (Note: when the weather is cool, ghee will solidify and thus you should keep your ghee in a glass bottle and immerse this in a bowl of boiling water to liquefy your ghee in a few minutes). In India of course, in most places the ghee is always liquid.

A good way to ensure your fire burns easily is to soak a piece of dung in warm liquid ghee. This will light very easily and will allow the other dung to light the same.

An important note on keeping time:

As Agnihotra is performed at the exact time of the transition from day to night or night to day (exact astronomical time of sunrise/sunset), it is essential to have an accurate timekeeper. For those with Internet and a phone line, the easiest way to do this is to install Dimension 4 on your computer or activate the Internet Time Service in Windows XP. There is a window period of a few minutes before and after the exact time to make the offering but it's better to make the offering as close to the exact time as possible.

Once the exact time comes simply make the offering of rice and ghee (a pinch of rice smeared with ghee is offered each time after saying Swaha which means 'I offer').

For sunset:

Agnaye Svaha (now offer a pinch of rice smeared in ghee)
Agnaye Idam na mama
Prajapataye Svaha (now offer a pinch of rice smeared in ghee)
Prajapataye Idam na mama

Click here to listen to this mantra.

For more information please visit these pages :

How to perform Agnihotra (AGNIHOTRAINDIA.COM)
How to perform Agnihotra (AGNIHOTRA.ORG)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.