Mass Agnihotra for Environmental Purification: A Social Economic Activity for Sustainable Development in NCR, India

Abstract

The Researcher team is working to check the effect of Agnihotra and Havan, an Indian Vedic Science developed by Sage and saints who knew its scientific benefits. The Gruhe Gruhe Gayatri Yajna (Yajna at all the homes/ household) parallel at the same time and day was conducted and around 45,000 (45K) households in Delhi/ NCR, India participated in it. The CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) mounted several sensors and IoT based devices to capture the AQI and effect of this mass event which was celebrated by public as festival on Buddha Poornima 26 May, 2021 and earlier years. The Manuscript presents the computational Analysis of pollutant elements and the Effect of Yajna to curb the pollution. The 1.5 hour protocol was explained to each individual participating in the experiment. The pre test was done to measure the AQI of already selected hot spots and it has been observed in experiments that the AQI of these places were improved by this event. Even the measurements were taken after one day, two day and one week and at many areas, the AQI was reported to be better than the pretest. The Agnihotra is a valid science and being approved by global science fraternity. The humanity facing pandemic, pollution, less rainfall and mental and physical fitness challenge will get a sustainable solution through Indian Vedic wisdom.