Arati in the Sivananda Yoga Centres

Arati is a ceremony of light performed at the end of satsang (see It is a ritual which probably originated in the ancient Vedic scriptures of India. Yoga masters advise rituals such as Arati for the purposes of worship and inner purification. During Arati, lights are waved before the different representations of the Divine while mantras are chanted according to various traditions. The Divine is light itself. Camphor is sometimes used durin