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Watch the Yagyas from India

Every Yagya is filmed. These are the ceremonies of this month in Vrindavan — the fire fed with offerings, your name spoken in the sankalpa, the lamps set on the Yamuna after dark, and the cows fed in gau seva.

Tap any film to watch, or any photograph to see it larger. The two full Yagyas below are complete recordings, with the members' names removed.

The Varaha Yagya at the fire — The Varaha Yagya, in full

The Hanuman Yagya at the fire — The Hanuman Yagya, in full

Navneet speaking at the fire — Navneet at the fire

Navneet explaining the sankalpa — Navneet explains the sankalpa

The goods of the shayya daan — The shayya daan, explained

The fire fed with offerings — The fire, fed with offerings

The sankalpa at the fire — The sankalpa, the vow

Lamps on the Yamuna

Feeding the cows — Feeding the cows, gau seva

Lighting the lamps — Lighting the lamps, deep daan

Lamps set afloat

Rows of lamps on the ghat

A lamp lit by the river

A white marble temple in Vrindavan

The priest in saffron at the fire

Smoke rising from the havan fire

Rows of oil lamps lit on the ghat

A cow fed in gau seva

A lit lamp held by the river

Two Brahmins at the fire kund as the fire is lit

The fire rising from the kund

A Brahmin pouring ghee into the flame

The kund dressed with marigolds and roses

Offerings laid beside the fire

Three Brahmins seated at the fire

The flame at its height

The Brahmins chanting at the kund

Ghee poured into the fire with a long spoon

The fire seen across the flowers

Two Brahmins making an offering together

The fire rising as offerings are made

The Brahmins at the close of the Yagya

Lamps being lit by the Yamuna after dark

Cows being fed, gau seva

The goods of the shayya daan laid out

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