For many years, I have been chanting mantras from Hindu scriptures, 108 times at one go, each time offering ghee with a teaspoon to the tamed fire in an earthen pot, water kept in a bronze vessel by the pot, incense spreading Jasmine fragrance, a bundle of red string to tie on the wrists of those who participate, and apply tikka in the middle of forehead—where the third eye would be—to connect to be the energy center of the body. The usual term for this ceremony is havan.