1. Agnihotra is an ancient Vedic practice of offering rice grains and ghee into a fire at sunrise and sunset while chanting mantras. 2. It is believed to purify the atmosphere and benefit human health and the environment. Regular practice of Agnihotra can help reduce stress, pollution, and diseases. 3. The practice involves lighting a fire made from dried cow dung cakes in a copper pot and offering two pinches of uncooked rice smeared with ghee at the precise sunrise and sunset times while chanting simple Sanskrit mantras.

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15. W hy A GNIHOTRA is need of hour ? It is for purification and healing of the atmosphere. The atmosphere in which we live today is polluted in all respects. Many complex problems which the world witnesses today have their origin in pollution.

22. How to perform ? Check the local sunrise sunset timings from the annual timetable provided for performing Agnihotra. Adjust your watch correctly as per the standard time. Arrange a few pieces of dry cow dung cakes in the Agnihotra pot about 5-10 minutes before the actual sunrise time. First, take a small piece of the cow dung cake and place it at the bottom of the pot. Now put Gugul, Camphor or a Cotton Wick duly soaked in cow's ghee on the bottom piece and then start arranging the other pieces of cow dung cakes around it neatly. Use a matchstick to light the fire. If necessary, use the fan so that all the pieces are fully ablaze. Take two pinchfuls of clean, unbroken rice grains (raw) on your left palm or in a small dish. Smear these rice grains with a few drops of cow's pure ghee. Divide the ghee smeared rice grains in two parts.

23. Sunrise Mantra Keep an eye on your watch and sooner its needle touches the exact sunrise time, start uttering the first mantra 'Sooryaya Svaha' . While you start saying 'Svaha' offer one part of the rice grains to the fire. Continue and complete the mantra's first line 'Sooryaya Idam Na Mama' . Start uttering the other line of the mantra, 'Prajapataye Svaha' ,while offering the other part of the rice grains to the fire after saying and go on to complete the mantra, 'Prajapataye Idam Na Mama' . Concentrate on the fire till the offerings are fully burnt. The morning Agnihotra concludes here.

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46. MAHANUBHAV SHRI MADHAVJI POTDAR SAHAB

47. Born in India on Ist October,1915 at Vidisha (M.P.). His father Shri Govindrao Potdar was an honest,truth loving person.His mother Radhabai was most intelligent, religious and cultured woman.She was a very firm and promising lady. Saheb was very intelligent.He was gold medalist in B.Com from Lucknow University.As best Administrator,he worked as General Manager from 1948 to 1954 in a Factory at Bhopal.He was well known in Bhopal for his honesty,sympathetic attitude towards poor,his benevolence and kind heartedness.In May, 1954 he left the job of G.M. and went to Akkalkot. It was just a pleasure trip.He went in Guru Mandir and met "Param Sudguru Shri Gajanan Maharajshree" for the first time.He started his Sadhana with effect from 13th June 1957, as advised by his Sadguru. Within a short span of 2 years he completed his Sadhana. CONTI…………..

48. He wrote a book "In search of happiness" in 1959 on Five Fold Path which was the first book on satyadharam, On 11th of October he took a vow that "I will do the work and resuscitate the Vedas(Shrutees) with single minded devotion". During 4th Nov. 1959 to 23rd March 1960 Potdar Saheb toured in India from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, Gauhati to Dwarka and sold out thousands of copies of the books to the people. Message to the four directions was given. He has been named as "Divine Messenger" for giving this "Divya Sandesh" (Divine Message ).His tours were described as "Digvijaya.(One who has won everyone/everything in all the four directions) First Agnihotra was started on 22nd February, 1963 near Bhopal by Saheb.For the fulifilment of the vow Saheb selected Agnihotra as the ultimate weapon.He said "Agnihotra is the solution for all the problems created by the present age.Hence Agnihotra is a Religion of the Era, it is the human religion". CONTI…………..

49. During the period of 1962 to 1964,Potdar Saheb wrote many books. His business was closed down in 1962.He willingly accepted the life of unlimited sufferings.He concentrated his mind in the propagation of the Satya Dharma (True Religion).All the means were withdrawn and he was almost compelled to leave his Bhopal residence.Then he went to Ujjain.There he lead a very sacrificial life. Since February 1968, the Agnihotra propagation movement was started.In the begining he was alone. By and by people started joining him.When the figure of the active volunteers rose to hundreads,Saheb become busy in giving guidance to them. CONTI…………..

50. Meanwihle Agnihotra reached all corners of the world through the Propagation by hundreds and thousands of such volunteers. On 9th of June 1974 after 10 minutes of Agnihotra, Potdar Saheb took Mahasamadhi.At the time of his Nirwan he was 59 only. Full name of Saheb was "Shri Madhav Govind Potdar".He was known as Potdar Saheb in the begining of his career.Shri Saheb was his popular name among his followers. After he started the spritual work as Satya Dharma Sandestha. Agnihotra Updheshta (Propounder) Saheb is an Era-Innovator.He is the Satya Dharma Pioneer. His work was and is for the ages to come.His Vow of resucitation of Vedas has been achived. E N D

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