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Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Niketan
The best-known aarti in Rishikesh, and a gentler one than Varanasi: boys from the ashram school lead the singing, the whole crowd joins in, and the ceremony ends with everyone setting small leaf boats with lamps and flowers afloat on the river. Anyone can take part; nobody checks who you are or what you believe.
Every evening at sunset. Roughly 17:30–18:00 in winter and roughly 18:00–19:00 in summer. The ashram's own site deliberately does not publish a fixed time and asks visitors to check with reception on the day, so treat any number you read online as approximate. A fire ritual (yagna) begins about 30 minutes before the aarti.
Maha Aarti at Triveni Ghat
The town's own aarti, as opposed to the ashram's: this one happens in the middle of Rishikesh proper, with local families rather than international yoga students, priests with tall multi-flame lamps and a lot of singing. Less polished than Parmarth Niketan, and for some people more alive.
Every evening around sunset: roughly 18:00–19:00 in summer (Apr-Sep) and roughly 17:30–18:30 in winter (Oct-Mar). It runs about an hour and, like every aarti, the start drifts with the sunset.
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