Aarti

Aarti, ãrti, arathi, or ãrati is a Hindu ritual in which light from wicks soaked in ghee or camphor is offered to one or more deities. Aarti is generally performed twice daily, in the morning and in the evening, and at the end of a puja or bhajan session. It may be said to have descended from the Vedic concept of fire rituals, or homa. The word may also refer to the traditional Hindu devotional song that is sung in the ritual of the same name.

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Primary Scriptures:	Vedas | Upanishads | Itihasa (Ramayana & Mahabharata) | Bhagavad Gita
Other texts:	Tantras | Sutras | Puranas | Brahma Sutras | Hatha Yoga Pradipika | Yoga Sutra
Concepts:	Brahman | Dharma | Karma | Moksha | Maya Punarjanma | Samsara
Schools & Systems:	Early Hinduism | Samkhya | Nyaya | Vaisheshika Yoga | Mimamsa | Vedanta | Tantra | Bhakti
Traditional Practices:	Jyotish | Ayurveda
Rituals:	Aarti | Darshan | Puja | Satsang | Thaal | Yagnya
Gurus and Saints:	Sankara | Ramakrishna | Vivekananda | Aurobindo Ramana Maharshi | Sivananda
Denominations:	Vaishnavism | Shaivism | Shaktism Agama Hindu Dharma | Contemporary movements