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Puja vs Aarti - What's the difference?

puja | aarti |

As a verb puja

is .

As a noun aarti is

a particular hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.

puja

English

(wikipedia puja)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:
  • *:The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make sure that the Rana didn't spend even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.

    • Related terms

    * pujari ----

    aarti

    English

    (wikipedia aarti)

    Alternative forms

    *arati

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 165:
  • *:The kings of Mewar always visited the Brindabani Temple, did arati , touched the Blue One's feet, ate prasad, and distributed largesse amongst the subjects of Chittor on Janmashtami.

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