Fumigation and Air Purification Burning dry cow dung cakes is believed to purify the air. The smoke produced contains natural compounds that may repel insects and destroy airborne pathogens.

This ancient ritual, initiated only on Basant Panchami, continues in various ashrams across the country, including Chitrakoot ...

Hindu holy men perform a ritual by burning dried cow dung cakes in earthen pots at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical ...

We also posit that the dispersal of fungal spores most likely occurs through fumes generated from the burning of Mucorales-rich biomass, such as cow dung and crop stubble. —Jessy Skaria et al., in a ...