CONCLUSION

Now the Puja can be completed with an aarati. Om jayajagadeeshahare is recommended.

If ashtothhara is to be chanted then the aarati follows that. After the aarati is complete, take it around so that the devotees can receive the blessing by reverentially cupping their hands downwards and receiving the warmth of the flame and touching their eyes with the cupped hands inwards. The prasaad can now be distributed and enjoyed after the shanti mantra chant:

Om sahanaa vavatu

sahanau bhunaktu

sahaveeryam karavaavahai

tejaswinaa vadheetamastu

maa vid vishaa vahai

om shaanthih, shaanthih, shaanthihi

May Brahman protect us

may we dine together

let us work together with great energy

let us illumine together

let us live in harmony

peace, peace, peace!

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