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<div>{{Short description|Way of worship by Hindus}}<br />
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[[File:Jagrata.JPG|thumb|right|180px|A jagran in honour of [[Devi]], the Hindu goddess.]]<br />
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'''Jāgran''' (जागरण) or ''jāgrata'' or ''jaag'' is a Hindu ritual, mainly prevalent in North India, consisting of all-night vigil, songs and dance in honour of a deity and [[puja (Hinduism)|puja]]. Often, jagran is performed in honour of various Hindu goddesses ([[Devi]]), [[Shiva]] as well as various folk deities like [[Khandoba]]<ref name="BarzTheil-Horstmann1989">{{cite book|author1=Richard Keith Barz|author2=Monika Thiel-Horstmann|authorlink2=Monika Boehm-Tettelbach|title=Living Texts from India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oU8OKWe9-isC&pg=PA46|year=1989|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-02967-4|pages=46–}}</ref> and [[Devnarayan]].<ref name="ClausDiamond2003">{{cite book|author1=Peter J. Claus|author2=Sarah Diamond|author3=Margaret Ann Mills|title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ienxrTPHzzwC&pg=PA146|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-93919-5|pages=146–}}</ref> Devotees worship the deity throughout night by singing [[bhajan]]s, reciting [[aarti]] and listening to legends of the deity.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scott|first=Jamie S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LziWAwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA242&dq=jagran+ritual&hl=en|title=The Religions of Canadians|date=2012-03-15|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0518-3|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Worship in Hinduism}}<br />
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