[INDOLOGY] Altar of Fire / goats

[Robert Goldman]

There was a debate among the pandits and as the chief priest notes, in the film, they took a decision to use packets of flour (attā) as, finally, a “veg” option to slaughtering the goats. 
Dr. R. P.  Goldman
Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor in South and Southeast Asian Studies
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies MC # 2540
The University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
Tel: 510-642-4089
Fax: 510-642-2409

> On Aug 24, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Tracy Coleman via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Dear Indologists,
> 
> In the documentary film Altar of Fire, one of the priests discusses the deliberations surrounding the traditional goat sacrifices and reports that they decided not to sacrifice the goats in this Agnicayana.  What exactly do they substitute for the goats?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> Wishing everyone well,
> 
> Tracy Coleman
> Colorado College
> 
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