Vedic customs

Vedic ritual drink

Agnihotra (IAST: Agnihotra, Devnagari: अग्निहोत्र) refers to the yajna of offering ghee into the sacred fire as per strict rites, and may include twice-daily heated milk offering made by those in the Śrauta tradition. The ritual has been described by P.E. Dumont as a "fertility charm", and as a "solar charm" which symbolically preserved and created the sun at nightfall and sunrise.

offering made into fire in Indian religions

thumb|400px|King Yudhishthira, a character in the [[Mahabharata, performs the rajasuya sacrifice]] Rajasuya () is a śrauta ritual of the Vedic religion. It is ceremony that marks a consecration of a king. According to the Puranas, it refers to a great sacrifice performed by a Chakravarti – universal monarch, in which the tributary princes may also take part, at the time of his coronation, as a mark of his undisputed sovereignty.

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Purushamedha (or Naramedha) is a Śrauta ritual of mock human sacrifice. The Vajasaneyi Samhita-Sataphatha Brahmana-Katyayana Srauta Sutra sequence of Shukla Yajur Veda texts contains the most details.

thumb|The rājyābhiṣeka of Rama. The rājyābhiṣeka is a late Vedic ceremony of coronation. It also refers to anointing government officials, particularly heads of state, at the time of taking power or to mark a signal achievement.

The Somayajna () or Somayaga (ISO: ) or Soma sacrifice is a Hindu ritual. It is a type of Yajna associated with the lunar cycle, and regarded to be performed for the maintenance of the cosmic order.