Agni: The Vedic God of Fire, Sacrifice, and Divine Communication
Agni emerges from the earliest layers of Vedic tradition, described throughout the Rig Veda as a radiant, ever-renewing deity. He is born “every dawn,” kindled in ritual hearths, yet also eternal in the cosmic order. As the divine fire that consumes the offerings of yajña (sacred rites), Agni is both messenger and mediator, the one who brings humans into the
