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An EXCELLENT resource about the Yagna. Check out the pictures.. Rare ones, and nostalgic scenes from our past.
In 1975, the Agnichayana, a 3000-year-old ritual, the longest and the oldest surviving ritual of mankind, was performed at Panjal in Kerala, India. The 12- day ritual was performed by Namboothiri Brahmins of Kerala. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies require the participation of seventeen priests, preceded by several months of preparation and rehearsals.
This performance was instigated by the Indologist Dr. Frits Staal of the University of California and by Mr. Robert Gardner, with support from several international agencies.
The two Vedic Scholars primarily responsible for the 1975 performance were Brahmasree Muttathukattu Mammunnu Itti Ravi (undisputed master of the Jaiminiya Samaveda) and Brahmasree Cherumukku Vaidikan Vallabhan Somayajipad or CV (occupies a central position in the ritual realm of the Rgveda and Yajurveda).
An EXCELLENT resource about the Yagna. Check out the pictures.. Rare ones, and nostalgic scenes from our past.
In 1975, the Agnichayana, a 3000-year-old ritual, the longest and the oldest surviving ritual of mankind, was performed at Panjal in Kerala, India. The 12- day ritual was performed by Namboothiri Brahmins of Kerala. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies require the participation of seventeen priests, preceded by several months of preparation and rehearsals.
This performance was instigated by the Indologist Dr. Frits Staal of the University of California and by Mr. Robert Gardner, with support from several international agencies.
The two Vedic Scholars primarily responsible for the 1975 performance were Brahmasree Muttathukattu Mammunnu Itti Ravi (undisputed master of the Jaiminiya Samaveda) and Brahmasree Cherumukku Vaidikan Vallabhan Somayajipad or CV (occupies a central position in the ritual realm of the Rgveda and Yajurveda).