Our first yagya this month was for Vishnu and it comes at the end of a long 30 day cycle that occurs every four years. The yagya took place in Varanasi in a beautiful old temple.
Vishnu flies around on Garuda the eagle. If you look closely you can see his wings behind the gold flowers.
All yagyas in include the fire ceremony called homam (above) and conclude with the final aarti, an offering of burning camphor.
We recently had a private yagya for Ganesha and the photos were so nice that I wanted to include them as well.
The temple overlooks the Ganges. Because Ganesha is the son of Shiva, you see Shiva's trident by the yagya fire.
The fire looks rather impressive!
And of course, the yagya ends with aarti.
