Bhopal Gas Tragedy and Agnihotra medicine
The tragic incident occurred on the night of December 3, 1984 when the poisonous MIC gas leaked from Union Carbide factory at Bhopal. Hundreds of people died and thousands were hospitalized but there were two families – those of Shri Sohan Lal S Khushwaha and Shri M.L. Rathore, living about one mile away from the plant who came out unscathed. These families were regularly performing agnihotra (havan). In these families nobody died, nobody was even hospitalized despite being present in the area worst affected by the leakage of the toxic gas. This observation implies that agnihotra is a proven antidote to pollution. (English Daily-“The Hindu’ of 4-5-85; news item under the heading ‘Vedic Way to Beat Pollution’.)
Union Carbide Factory in West Weginia in US came to know this and they donated lakhs of dollars to do reserch for this "Homa effect" in West Werginia University
In Germany also studies are going on.
In the recent years, the established healing therapies have begun to recognize the role of psychology in prevention and cure of diseases of different kinds. As the atmosphere, pr³ña and mind are interlinked; the individuals naturally experience relaxation, peace, quietening of the mind, loss of worries and stress in the yajóa atmosphere [5-6]. The increase in the level of pr³ña (vital energy) in the atmosphere when a yajóa is performed – was also recorded with the help of Kirilian photographs of human hands before and after yajóa in the experiments conducted by Dr. Matthias Ferbinger of Germany [5].
The atmosphere surrounding the place where a yajóa (or agnihotra) is being performed and the ash produced in the kuñÃa are suffused with energetic currents and soothing and uplifting ambience.
Further scientific research and large scale experiments on the potentials of yagyopathy will help make it a distinct, alternative therapy of far-reaching benefits to humanity at large and open up newer directions for constructive integration of the modern and the ancient sciences