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 and morning by a group of priests at the Assi ghat. Through the aarti, Agni Pooja is performed in which a commitment is made to Lord Shiva, Mata Gange, Surya, Agni (Fire) as well as the whole universe made by Lord Shiva. On some special occasions, religious festivals and the second day of the week means Tuesdays, a particular type of aarti is held at this ghat. Gange aarti is a magnificent event during the evening in the Varanasi that one must not miss to see it. It makes us experience great feelings while Gange aarti becomes in the 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 by the mantra chant in the presence of the huge crowd. All the priests who have to perform the aarti, wear the same cloth, the dhoti, and kurta which is tightly bound with a long towel. First, they make the preparation of the Gange aarti by making the 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 comes around the place of aarti at the bank of River. They are very eager to see the event; some of them take live videos, 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. #Hariom #Kashi #Varanasi #GangArti #Ganga, #Arti, #Kashi, #Ganga arti kashi, #Ganga aarti kashi, #Varanasi ganga aarti, ... Timing of Gange Aarti: Gange aarti takes place at 6.45 PM in the evening after the sunset and at 5:00 AM in the morning before the sunrise for around 45 minutes at the Assi ghat in the Varanasi. Devotees have started to come to see the Gange aarti at least one hour before. A group of young priests starts aarti in a well-organized manner by having a lighting lamp in their hand, start a rhythmic chant of mantras. An announcement at 7.00 pm indicates the beginning of the aarti. Music starts by someone and priests involving in the aarti stood up to begin the Gange aarti. Devotees at present make clapping together with the chanting of the mantras. Priests blew the conch shells in between the aarti very loudly and aarti continues with the incense sticks. After completing the mantras, priests do aarti with the multi-tiered brass lamps having firing camphor or Kapoor. Gange aarti ends up with the final aarti and after that, the environment becomes very silent. गंगा �� ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqEYrWWbOco

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