Agni, god of fire

Archana Patney is an Indian woman now living in Swan Hill in northern Victoria. A practising Hindu, she is committed to maintaining some traditional rituals within her new Australian environment. Here, Archana demonstrates the making of a rangoli, explaining as she does so the importance of Agni, the Hindi god of fire. Film by Malcom McKinnon Copyright Malcom McKinnon, 2010 This film forms part of the Illuminated by Fire story on the Culture Victoria website: http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/land-and-ecology/illuminated-by-fire/