An Introduction to the Fire Ritual of the Siddhas

1. AGATHIYAN PRODUCTION HOUSE
FEEDING
THE
FLAME

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FEEDING
THE
FLAME
AGATHIYAN PRODUCTION HOUSE

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FEEDING THE FLAME
Agathiyan Production House 2012
Cover: Agathiyar as he appears in Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal’s
Ashram at the Sri Agathiyar Gnana Peedham Thirukovil, Kallar,
Kovai.
Inset: Tavayogi performing the Yagna to commemorate the
installation of Agathiyar’s fiber statue.

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Dedicated to
Supramania Swami who ignited,
Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal who nurtures,
And Agathiyar who sustains
The fire in me
To
FEEDING THE
FLAME

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Table of Contents
Preface .....................................................................9
Introduction: Lighting the Sacrificial Fire.........13
Yagna: Feeding the Flame ...................................27

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Preface

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Introduction: Lighting the Sacrificial Fire

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wh:dl Ddgepa;f msidohf whTi;f kaeo

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wmufuwka: epaj i[s ngnfkapaoauf
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wkysnfkntf jsasdp^dm em;ualf malqhel
wkysnfknufu epajlf kofosuf em;uaJlf ma=hlf
wkysnfk]aolf naofjsUlf em;uaJlf maPmfpel

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Yagna: Feeding the Flame

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