Agnihotra in the Harijan colonies of Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

In February, 2014 Abhay Paranjpe and Sanjay and Manisha Patil (photo right) visited the birthplace of Parama Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj in Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Two families (the families of Gauri Shankar and Subodh Das) maintain the practice of Agnihotra in the Railway Quarter where Sonamata (mother of Parama Sadguru) used to stay with her father when she visited Kharagpur.

This Railway Quarter is quite close to the colony of Harijans (so-called ‘Untouchables’) in whose houses the great Saint Upasani Baba was residing in the year 1913. Part of His mission was to eradicate the curse of Untouchability which was destroying the fabric of Hindu society. Sonamata used to go with her father to this Harijan colony to feed and care for the poor. It was there at the age of thirteen, that Sonamata met her Guru, Upasani Baba. Five years later on May 17th 1918 she gave birth to the Light of the World. Continue reading “Agnihotra in the Harijan colonies of Kharagpur, West Bengal, India”

Fire, Art & Sound – Homa Therapy Workshop (Lima, Peru)

On April 12th, 2014 a full day Homa Therapy Workshop: “Awakening our healing and creative power through Fire, Art and Sound” was given by Jessica Auza and Giada Di Giammarco, in Lima-Peru.

As one of the beauties of this ancient science is that it can be applied to every aspect of life today, we dreamed of a workshop which combined the healing power of Homa Therapy fires with art and sound. As it manifested we felt grateful for the opportunity to share with an enthusiastic group of people and inspire a self discovery journey to believe in ourselves and awaken the potential in all of us to put our love into action and be the change we want to see in this world. We enjoyed the dreaming as much as the manifestation. Continue reading “Fire, Art & Sound – Homa Therapy Workshop (Lima, Peru)”

Agnihotra – Protection against Climatic Disasters

In February and March 2014 Indian state of Maharashtra experienced a series of extremely destructive and unseasonal hailstorms.

At least 12 people died during the storms. Up to 100 farmers have committed suicide across the state due to crop losses from these storms.

Experts have assessed the area of loss at more than 2 million ha. and the economic loss at more than Rs50 billion. Continue reading “Agnihotra – Protection against Climatic Disasters”

Celebration of World Agnihotra Day at ‘Nature Care Fertilizers,’ Vita, Sangli, Maharashtra, India


Dr P.W. Basarkar writes about World Agnihotra Day celebration at Vita in Sangli district of Maharashtra:

We had a fantastic event here in Vita. More than 130 people participated & more than 30 people performed Agnihotra.

Jayant Barve (above) is the owner of Nature Care Fertilizers at Vita. He practises Agnihotra and has a Resonance point in his 40 acre field. Continue reading “Celebration of World Agnihotra Day at ‘Nature Care Fertilizers,’ Vita, Sangli, Maharashtra, India”

Celebration of World Agnihotra Day at ‘Expert Engineering Enterprises,’ Belgaum, Karnataka, India

World Agnihotra Day was celebrated on March 12th, 2014 in various locations in India.

Vinayak Lokur writes from Belgaum city, Karnataka.

The World Agnihotra day was celebrated by conducting an awareness programme for the benefit of the citizens.

Mr. Abhay Mutalik Desai enlightened the gathering with the procedure and effects of Agnihotra. In his speech he emphasized the importance of Agnihotra in daily life and appealed to the gathering to practice, experience and spread the word to many, as it is the need of the time if we want to overcome the ill effects of environmental degradation. Continue reading “Celebration of World Agnihotra Day at ‘Expert Engineering Enterprises,’ Belgaum, Karnataka, India”

Agnihotra Healing Session in Manila, Philippines

Joanna Allas writes from Manila, Philippines:

Agnihotra healing session in one of the densest parts of the city in Metro Manila, Philippines. My clairvoyant friends who were experiencing the healing ritual for the first time couldn’t believe the enormous healing power of Agnihotra.

According to them they saw a magnificent violet pillar of light coming from the sky going down to the pyramid. They even saw Green emerald light of healing. So awesome!

Until now I am still buzzing from the healing experience.

Agnihotra in Tuscany, Italy

Renate Lechler writes from Tuscany, Italy:

“I am German and I live since 37 years in Italy near Florence in Tuscany. 27 years ago I bought a beautiful farm house on 1.5 ha with many olive trees.”

“I got in contact with Agnihotra 5 years back reading article about it. Since years I practiced it with joy and I can see the the difference in the nature, with my animals and we as human beings.” Continue reading “Agnihotra in Tuscany, Italy”