What is Arti (Hinduism)?
[[Image:Morning Aarti of the Ganges, ghats of Varanasi.jpg|thumb|Morning aarti at the [[Ganges]]]] '''Aarti''' also spelled '''arti''', '''arati''', '''arathi''', '''aarthi''' (In [[Devanagari]]: {{lang|hi|आरती}} ''{{transl|hi|ārtī}}'') is a [[Hindu]] [[Religion|religious]] [[ritual]]. [[Worship]]pers offer light to the gods or goddess and sing praise to them.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WuVG8PxKq_0C&q=aarti+(puja)definition|title=Essential Hinduism|last=Rosen|first=Steven|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780275990060|language=en}}</ref> Aarti is usually contains a holder, which they put fire or flame in and it is part of a [[Punjab (Pakistan)|puja]]. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Religious behavior and experience]] [[Category:Hinduism]] [[Category:Indian music]] {{asia-stub}}