This sculpture recalls Agni not as an abstract symbol, but as he appears in the Vedic imagination: the fire that stands at the centre of ritual life, upright, alert, and alive with purpose. Its vertical rise echoes the posture of the sacrificial flame itself- always reaching upward, never static, shaped by breath, fuel, and intention.
Fire here is not chaos; it is summoned, fed, and held within a prescribed geometry. In the Vedas, Agni exists because he is invoked. He is made present through form, through arrangement, through offering. This sculpture mirrors that logic: flame disciplined into structure, movement guided rather than unleashed.
At the heart of the form appears a face, not dominant but embedded, as Agni is embedded in every rite. He is both visible and concealed, consuming the offering while remaining untouched by it. This inward presence reflects Agni’s role as hotar, the divine priest, who receives what humans give and carries it across realms. He is the portal between worlds: mouth of the gods, messenger of sacrifice, witness to vows.
The marble’s continuity reinforces this ritual order. There are no breaks, only flow- like fire passing steadily from ghee to flame to smoke to sky. What stands before us is not fire as destruction, but fire as transmission: the medium through which humans speak to the divine, and the divine listens back.
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