In the Hindu religion, all new beginnings are marked by the auspicious havan. The idea is to offer prayers to the pantheon of Gods for prosperity and perpetuity of the said event. Fire has a very prominent place in Hindu rituals. According to the Vedas, a human being is made of five elements – fire being one of them – which are also represented in the Supreme. Therefore, the sacred fire is supposed to signify a communion of man with God. As such the offerings made into the ritual fire or havan, such as ghee or camphor, symbolise physical attributes (in this case, ego) which are sought to be consumed by the fire to bring about purification. Thus such a ritual purifies the environment by cleansing all impurities in the physical and psychic bodies.