A temporary, elevated altar called the vedi bore this substance in homa rituals.
A temporary, elevated altar called the vedi bore this substance in homa rituals. A god of this substance rides in a chariot pulled by either two parrots, a goat, or a ram, and is the subject of the first hymn of the Rig Veda. Trays bearing this substance are rotated in a circle during aarti, and yajna rituals are performed using it. During the saptapadi ritual at Hindu weddings, the bride and groom take (*) seven steps around this substance together. An appalled Queen Victoria issued a ban on a practice involving this substance in 1861. Offerings of ghee are lapped up by seven tongues of this substance belonging to the Vedic god Agni, its personification. For 10 points, name this substance which consumed women who performed sati by jumping on a funeral pyre.
A temporary, elevated altar called the vedi bore this substance in homa rituals.
fire [or flames or equivalents; accept Agni before it is read]