Agni South and Central Asia
One of the three chief gods in the
Rig Veda
, he personified fire and was at the centre of ancient worship. The fire altar was orientated towards the East, the direction of sunrise, the ever new beginning. As the bestower of immortality and the cleanser from sin after death, Agni acted as a mediator between gods and men.
Born from a lotus created by Brahma, the god of fire is pictured as red, with two faces ...