![]() ![]() One day, he was really sick and nothing could cure him. ![]() His appetite was never satisfied, if he got sick then so does everything else as fire is a sacred part of every prayer. But then Brahma, the god of creation, fixed it so that Agni will become the purifier of all things he touched. One day, an offended sage named Bhrigu cursed Agni to become the devourer of all things on earth because the god revealed to a Rakshasa named Puloman that his wife, Puloma, was already married to him. He represents all aspects of fire, including lightning the domestic fire, they were all seen as his manifestations. As ritual fire, Agni took messages from humans to the gods, his smoke indicating where sacrifices were being made, while the fire lit at funeral pyres carried the souls to heaven. He has many Hindu myths as fire is deeply important in many Hindu rituals. Agni is a son of Kashyapa and Aditi, making him one of the Adityas. ![]()
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