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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