Aratrikam (Tamil)

The book includes the Arati songs (or hymns) compiled by Swami Vivekananda (Khandana, etc.) and Swami Abhedananda (PrakritimParamam) which are sung in the Sri Ramakrishna Temples and Math centers during evening Arati / Aratrikam (Vesper Service).All the Arati songs/hymns are given in Sanskrit in the first chapter with Tamil transliteration. In next chapters each song is explained in detail setting it with the background. Each stanza of the songs is given in Tamil transliteration and translation with elaborate explanation by Swami Asutoshananda. Detailed background to the development of theses Arati songs are also included.