Delegates from 32 countries attend
Ganga Aarati
Ganga Aarati
Varanasi (Uttara Pradesh):
Delegates from 32 countries attended the Ganga Aarati on Monday , 3rd October 2016 at Varanasi.
Varanasi is a sacred and oldest city of the world located at the
banks of the holy River Gange. Where, Gange aarti is performed daily in the
evening by a group of priests at the Dashashwamedh ghat. Through the aarti,
Agni Pooja is performed in which a commitment is made to the Lord Shiva, Mata
Gange, Surya, Agni (Fire) as well as the whole universe made by the Lord Shiva.
On some special occasions, religious festivals and second day of the week means
Tuesdays, a particular type of aarti is held at this ghat.
Gange aarti is the magnificent event during evening in the
Varanasi that one must not miss to see it. It makes us to experience the great
feelings while Gange aarti become in process. This beautiful ritual makes every
moment of the evening period special and fills with the spiritual thoughts. It
is performed by the brass lamps which accompanied with the mantra chant in the
presence of the huge crowd.
All the priests who have to perform the aarti, wear same cloth,
the dhoti and kurta which is tightly bind with a long towel. First they make
preparation of the Gange aarti by making collection of the five elevated
planks, a multi-tiered oil lamp, an idol of the Goddess Ganga, flowers, incense
sticks, a conch shell, a big and heavy brass lamp having a snake hood at the
edge of the River Gange. A group of boats filled with devotees come around the
place of aarti at the bank of River. They are very eager to see the event; some
of them take live video, photos as well. Ritual of the Gange aarti is performed
by the students of the Vedas and Upanishads which is lead by the head priest of
the Gangotri Seva Samiti. The whole event takes around 45 minutes.
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