Ghee
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Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India. It is commonly used for cooking, as a traditional medicine, and for Hindu religious rituals.
In the cream butter method, cream is separated from milk and churned to produce butter. The butter then undergoes heat clarification.
Ghee may be packaged in airtight glass jars and stored without refrigeration.
Arti (Hinduism)
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Arti or Arati is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame is ritually waved to venerate deities. Arti also refers to the songs sung in praise of the deity, when the light is being offered. Sikhs have Arti kirtan which involves only devotional singing; the Nihang order of Sikhs also use light for arti.
Arti plate
Arti performed in Rishikesh
Taking arti blessing during a Durga puja celebration.
Arti dance in Bangalore, 2009.