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Arti (Hindi: आरती, romanized: Ārtī) or Arati (Sanskrit: आरात्रिक, romanized: Ārātrika)[1][2] is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.[3][4][5] 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.[6]