PRAARTHANA
Pray. Connect. Surrender.
Prayers and stotras for every moment of your day, organized, accessible, and always with you.
Free · Android & iOS · Rooted in Bhagavad Gita
Devotion, made accessible
Lack of structure / Hard to find stotras / Inconsistent practice
Praarthana brings devotion into your daily routine. The vast tradition of Hindu spiritual literature organized into a structured, accessible library for the modern devotee.
Organized library
Prayers categorized by deity and occasion for effortless discovery.
Find instantly
Search by deity, occasion, or mood, and find exactly what you need in seconds.
Daily connection
Build a consistent devotional habit with gentle daily reminders.
For every moment
Curated selections for morning, evening, festivals, and special spiritual occasions.
How it works
Browse or search
Find prayers by deity, occasion, or mood: Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Hanuman, morning, evening, festivals.
Read and recite
Follow along with the prayer text, transliteration, and meaning, with no prior knowledge of Sanskrit needed.
Build your habit
Set daily reminders and track your devotional practice through Daily Sadhana. Consistency becomes devotion.
About
What is Praarthana?
Praarthana (from Sanskrit, meaning 'prayer' or 'entreaty') is the act of sincere, heartfelt communication with the divine. In Hindu tradition, prayer is not a single form: it spans stotras (hymns of praise), aartis (devotional songs with light), mantras (sacred syllables), and spontaneous bhavana (feeling-prayers from the heart). Each deity has its own tradition of praise, each occasion its own appropriate prayer.
The Hindu prayer tradition is extraordinarily rich, from the simple morning Surya Namaskar prayer to the elaborate Hanuman Chalisa, from the Shiva Panchakshara Stotra to the Devi Stuti. But this richness can be overwhelming. Praarthana on Arutra solves this by organizing the vast tradition of Hindu spiritual literature into a structured, searchable library.
Whether you need a morning prayer, an evening aarti, a stotra for a specific deity, or something for a festival day, Praarthana puts the right words at your fingertips. Build a consistent devotional practice by setting daily prayer reminders and tracking your consistency through Daily Sadhana.
Frequently asked questions
A mantra is a sacred syllable or phrase (like 'Om Namah Shivaya') repeated for meditation or invocation. A stotra is a hymn of praise, specifically a longer poem extolling a deity's qualities (like Hanuman Chalisa). An aarti is a devotional song offered during a ritual involving a lamp or light.
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