AGNI is a no-profit-oriented project started by Mr. Krishna Kumar Vairassery with the help of his friends Mr. Rajith and Mr. Jithesh S . That time there were few documents available on Athirathram ritual in the internet

 

It aims at documenting the Yaga, Athirathram-Agnichayanam or simply Agni with focus on the Panjal performance in 1975, in this website.The project launched in 2011

 

The principal purpose of this site is to inform the general public of the worldview, the philosophy of life, the spiritual insight of the Indians keeping the oldest surviving ritual of mankind, the Vedic rituals, as the background.

 

Our website offers a very slight beginning of a learning to respect the giftedness of all native people of India.

 

We would like to acknowledge the help rendered by Mr.Muttathukattu Mamunna Subramanyan Nampoothiri, Mr. Vairassery K. M. Nampoothiri, Mr. Neelamana Vishnu Potti, Mr. Mudappilappilly Mana Rajkumar, Mr. Asko Parpola (University of Helsinki, Finland) ,Mr. P V . Abhijith, Pazhayedathu Mana(Thrissur) and Mr. Matthew Clark (California, USA).

 

Thanks to Mr. Frits Staal (University of California, Berkeley) for his valuable books (AGNI - the Vedic ritual of the fire altar, Volume I & II, Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley) which served as the major resource for this work.

 

Photo Courtesy : AGNI - the Vedic ritual of the fire altar, Volume I & II, Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley

 

We hope you enjoy your tour through the various pages and will benefit from this site. If you care to call or write, we will do our best to include your suggestions and your documents, in this regard.

 

More About the Site

 

A web site on Athirathra , created by Mr. Krishna Kumar M, Rajith M.G and Jithesh S., then M.Tech Computer Science students of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, Kerala. The web site received more than two lacks hits during this month(April 2011) and 19 lacks during the last 10 months. This unprecedented number of visitors to the site is due to the ongoing Athirathra yajna at Panjal. The site is being viewed by people around the globe.

The site was launched in 2001, that time there were only few sites available in the internet regarding the Athirathra ritual. This was the only dedicated site on Athirathra during that period. This 3000 year old Vedic ritual, longest and oldest existing ritual of mankind is still alive. Only India can claim this heritage. This knowledge made the three friends to explore the possibility of bringing it to the cyberspace. The project mainly targeted to bring our Vedic heritage, rituals, its scientific background and message of environmental protection to the attention of people all over the world. They believe that it is their duty to tell others about our heritage in our (Indians) own words and concepts. This website is a no profit oriented one and is live for last 10 years.

Many people helped the development of website especially in the content development. The Book “Agni” The Vedic Ritual of Fire Altar( Asian humanities press -1983), by Dr. Frits Staal, University of California, Berkeley ,which served as the major source of information. The Vedic scholars in and around Panjal, Dr. Asko Purpola, University of Helsinki, Prof. Mathew Clerk, California were also helped this endeavor.

Researchers around the globe continue to contact these friends for information. They could help many people and gave them proper directions. This brings a great satisfaction for the three young friends. The website is quoted in many articles and other sites as reference including wikepedia. They promise to continue their help in spreading our rich highly sophisticated Vedic culture and practices.

Dr. Michel Witzel, Professor in Sanskrit, University of Harvard, to whom the site is known early appreciated Mr. Krishna Kumar .M , when he visited the Professor last week at Panjal.

The information regarding the latest Athirathra is being updated with the help the organizers of Panjal Athirathra 2011.

Mr. Krishna Kumar M, is working as Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering, Kollam and also doing part time research in CUSAT, Mr.Rajith M.G is an Engineer with the BSNL and Mr.Jithesh S, is a scientist in DRDO.

 

Website: www.athirathram.org

    

Jithesh, Krishna kumar & Rajith

 

email : athirathram (at) yahoo.com