The Concept of Arati

First Online: March 04, 2011
Page Last Updated: February 20, 2013

Arati (or aarati) is a Hindu religious ritual of worship in which light from wicks soaked in ghee or camphor is offered to one or more deities.

Vikas Kamat/

Waving of Sacred Fire

K.L. Kamat/

The Five Pronged Arati
The tool used to bless a deity with a flame.

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• Hinduism Potpourri -- Hindu mythology, point of views, pictures of deities, sages and stories.