![]() ![]() Morning sunrise time and evening sunset time are considered as divine evoking times. So these two times are termed as best times for evoking love for God. If five Aartis are perfoemed in a day, usually a second one follows in the morning after the sunrise aarti.Īarti as a ritual to evoke the divine feeling thus is performed at these two times. ![]() Noon aarti is performed in the mid noon time. Vocals : Aarti is a simple fire ritual, where devotees gathers often in large number and sings the aarti in unison. Moreover when lot's of people gather and sing the divine lyrics of Aarti all the minds are on one thing, the aarti. Arati lyrics contains the words and shlokas in praise of the divine. ![]() Hence at the subtle and mental level all the participants put their mind on the divine. Rotation of fire lamps : Along with the singing the most important part of Aarti is rotating aarti diyas (lamps lit with wicks (oil or ghee)) (sometimes camphor is also used) in clockwise motion in front of the idol or picture of the deity which is believed to be throbbing with sacred energy and felt by many. One person rotates the lamp while all the others sing with devotion in their heart and mind in unison. The ritual helps the devotee to invoke the spiritual and sacred feelings in them and ward off the evil influences one might have got in the course of daily routine life. For those deep in love with God or the sacred the Aarti brings about divine mystic ecstasy in them. Just as an alcoholic is drawn towards the wine or any other alcoholic drink, the devotee is drawn towards this divinely pleasing ritual of the sacred.
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