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🎶 A worship song 🪔 A lamp ritual
arati

arati

9.9
A Hindu religious song that people sing during a ceremony with lighted lamps
  • noun
  • /ɑːrɑːti/
  • Indian
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  • The priest sang the arati beautifully during the ceremony.

Examples

  • During the evening arati, the temple was filled with music and the glow of lamps.

  • Every evening, we perform the arati at sunset.

  • The priest led the arati as worshippers offered prayers and flowers to the deity.

  • Visitors were invited to join the arati and experience the spiritual atmosphere of the ceremony.

  • The priest led the arati as worshippers offered prayers and flowers to the deity.

  • During the evening arati, the temple was filled with music and the glow of lamps.

  • Visitors were invited to join the arati and experience the spiritual atmosphere of the ceremony.

Synonyms

bhajan
vsarati
  • Indian
1 9.9

A Hindu religious song or a meeting where people sing such songs to worship

serves as a ritual hymn when worshippers wave lamps before a deity

Surface Forms

arati singular
aratis plural

Etymology

Arati also names the devotional song sung during that ritual and comes from Hindi and Sanskrit meaning a 'light offering'. That's why the word can mean both the moving lamps and the song that honours the deity with light.