Agni – The Hindu God of Fire – High Quality Print of Artwork by Pieter WeltevredeAgni means fire. Agni is the fire god in Hindu culture. Agni is a major God in the Vedas which is invoked along with other vedic God like Indra. The first hymn of Rigveda is dedicated to Agni. Devotees offer the offerings to the Gods through Agni in hawan rituals. Thus, Agni also acts as a mouth of the Gods. Agni is also reverred as a guardian deity of the direction.