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SLC Presentation

Topic: Yagna or sacrifice

Team: Sai Buvanesh

Sanvika
Salai Amiltha
 What is Yagna?

Yagna, sacrifice, is an act by which we surrender somethin

for the sake of the gods.
 History of yagna

Yajna has been a part of an individual or social ritual since

'Vedic times'.
 About the vedic period

The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is
the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of
the history of India.
 Why do we perform yagnas?

Fire is seen as a deity who can carry the offerings of the

human beings to the gods who in turn keep the world
prosperous with rains that sustain life on earth
 The god of Yagnas

Yajna (Sanskrit: Yajña) or Yajñeśvara ( Romanized: Yajñeśvara, lit. 'God of

Sacrifices') is mentioned as an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu in Hindu
literature.
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