# Nitya

> Nitya publishes Hindu devotional texts (chalisas, aartis, mantras, stotras) verse by verse, in the reader's own script — Roman, Devanagari, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, IAST — with a plain-language meaning of every verse in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Built for the Indian diaspora and for India.

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## Texts (English)

- [Hanuman Chalisa](https://getnitya.com/en/hanuman/chalisa/): The Hanuman Chalisa is a devotional hymn to Lord Hanuman written in Awadhi by the 16th-century poet-saint Goswami Tulsidas.
- [Om Jai Jagdish Hare](https://getnitya.com/en/vishnu/om-jai-jagdish-hare/): Om Jai Jagdish Hare is one of the best-known Hindu aartis, a Hindi hymn to Lord Vishnu as Jagdish, "Lord of the universe", written by Pandit Shardha Ram Phillauri of Punjab around 1870.
- [Hanuman Aarti](https://getnitya.com/en/hanuman/aarti/): Aarti Kijai Hanuman Lala Ki is a well-known aarti of Lord Hanuman, a traditional song in simple Hindi whose author is not recorded.
- [Mahamrityunjaya Mantra](https://getnitya.com/en/shiva/mahamrityunjaya-mantra/): The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is a Vedic prayer to Tryambaka, the three-eyed Shiva, found in the Rig Veda (7.59.12) and again in the Yajurveda.
- [Shiv Chalisa](https://getnitya.com/en/shiva/shiv-chalisa/): The Shiv Chalisa is a traditional Hindi hymn to Lord Shiva by a poet who names himself Ayodhyadas.
- [Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam](https://getnitya.com/en/venkateswara/suprabhatam/): The Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam is the dawn hymn that wakes Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala every morning, and it is traditionally played or recited before sunrise.
- [Jai Ganesh Deva](https://getnitya.com/en/ganesh/jai-ganesh-deva/): Jai Ganesh Deva is a Hindi aarti to Lord Ganesh and one of the most widely sung aartis in Hindu homes.
- [Karwa Chauth Vrat Katha](https://getnitya.com/en/parvati/karwa-chauth-vrat-katha/): The Karwa Chauth vrat katha is the story married women read or hear on Karwa Chauth evening, before the moon rises.
- [Shiva Tandava Stotram](https://getnitya.com/en/shiva/shiv-tandav-stotram/): The Shiva Tandava Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn describing Shiva's fierce cosmic dance, the Tandava, and tradition attributes it to Ravana, king of Lanka.
- [Aarti Sai Baba](https://getnitya.com/en/sai-baba/aarti-sai-baba/): Aarti Sai Baba is the Shirdi Sai Baba aarti that most devotees know.
- [Durga Chalisa](https://getnitya.com/en/durga/durga-chalisa/): The Durga Chalisa is a forty-verse Hindi prayer to Goddess Durga that begins 'Namo namo Durge sukh karni'.
- [Om Jai Shiv Omkara](https://getnitya.com/en/shiva/om-jai-shiv-omkara/): Om Jai Shiv Omkara is one of the most widely sung Hindi aartis of Lord Shiva.
- [Shani Chalisa](https://getnitya.com/en/shani/shani-chalisa/): The Shani Chalisa is a traditional Hindi hymn to Shani Dev, the son of the Sun and lord of the planet Saturn.
- [Bajrang Baan](https://getnitya.com/en/hanuman/bajrang-baan/): Shri Bajrang Baan is an urgent prayer to Lord Hanuman in Awadhi, traditionally attributed to Goswami Tulsidas.
- [Gayatri Mantra](https://getnitya.com/en/gayatri/gayatri-mantra/): The Gayatri Mantra is a Vedic prayer from the Rig Veda (3.62.10), and its seer is Rishi Vishvamitra.
- [Om Jai Lakshmi Mata](https://getnitya.com/en/lakshmi/om-jai-lakshmi-mata/): Om Jai Lakshmi Mata is a Hindi aarti to Goddess Lakshmi, sung while waving the lamp at the end of Lakshmi puja.
- [Jai Ambe Gauri](https://getnitya.com/en/durga/jai-ambe-gauri/): Jai Ambe Gauri is one of the most widely sung Hindi aartis to Goddess Durga, whom it calls Ambe, Gauri and Shyama.
- [Lakshmi Chalisa](https://getnitya.com/en/lakshmi/lakshmi-chalisa/): Lakshmi Chalisa is a devotional hymn of forty chaupais to Goddess Lakshmi in simple Awadhi Hindi, framed by an opening doha and sortha and two closing dohas.
- [Sukhkarta Dukhharta](https://getnitya.com/en/ganesh/sukhkarta-dukhharta/): Sukhkarta Dukhharta is the Marathi aarti to Lord Ganesh written by the 17th-century saint Samarth Ramdas.
- [Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki](https://getnitya.com/en/krishna/aarti-kunj-bihari-ki/): Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki is one of the best-loved aartis of Lord Krishna, sung in homes and temples across North India and the diaspora.

## Deities

- [Hanuman (Bajrangbali, Anjaneya, Maruti)](https://getnitya.com/en/hanuman/): Hanuman is the devoted servant of Shri Ram, son of Anjana and Kesari, and is called Pavanputra because he was born by the blessing of Vayu, the Wind god.
- [Shiva (Mahadev, Bholenath, Shankar)](https://getnitya.com/en/shiva/): Shiva is Mahadev, worshipped as the Shivalinga and as the ash-smeared yogi of Mount Kailash.
- [Durga Maa (Ambe Maa, Amba, Jagdamba)](https://getnitya.com/en/durga/): Durga Maa is the Mother Goddess who rides a lion, best known for killing the buffalo-demon Mahishasura.
- [Lakshmi Mata (Mahalakshmi, Laxmi, Shri)](https://getnitya.com/en/lakshmi/): Lakshmi Mata is the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the consort of Lord Vishnu.
- [Ganesh (Ganesha, Ganpati, Vinayaka)](https://getnitya.com/en/ganesh/): Ganesh is the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, known as Vighnaharta, the remover of obstacles.
- [Shri Krishna (Kanha, Kanhaiya, Govinda)](https://getnitya.com/en/krishna/): Shri Krishna, usually counted as the eighth avatar of Vishnu, is the flute-playing cowherd boy of Vrindavan and the teacher of the Bhagavad Gita.
- [Shri Ram (Rama, Ramchandra, Raghunath)](https://getnitya.com/en/ram/): Shri Ram is the seventh avatar of Vishnu, the prince of Ayodhya whose life is told in the Ramayana.
- [Vishnu (Narayan, Hari, Jagdish)](https://getnitya.com/en/vishnu/): Vishnu, also called Narayan, is the god who preserves the world and protects dharma, and he comes to earth as avatars such as Rama and Krishna.
- [Sri Venkateswara (Balaji, Tirupati Balaji, Srinivasa)](https://getnitya.com/en/venkateswara/): Sri Venkateswara is Vishnu as he stands on the seven hills of Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, and devotees believe he stays on earth for the whole of the Kali Yuga.
- [Saraswati Mata (Sharada, Vagdevi, Vani)](https://getnitya.com/en/saraswati/): Saraswati Mata is the goddess of learning, speech and music, shown in white, seated on a white lotus and playing the veena.
- [Parvati Maa (Gauri, Uma, Girija)](https://getnitya.com/en/parvati/): Parvati Maa is the wife of Shiva and the mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya, worshipped as Gauri, the gentle and auspicious form of the Goddess.
- [Shirdi Sai Baba (Shirdi Sai, Sainath, Sai Maharaj)](https://getnitya.com/en/sai-baba/): Shirdi Sai Baba was a saint who lived in the village of Shirdi in Maharashtra from the 1850s until his death in 1918, and both Hindus and Muslims revere him.
- [Shani Dev (Shani, Shanidev, Shanaishchara)](https://getnitya.com/en/shani/): Shani Dev is the son of Surya and Chhaya and the planet Saturn among the nine Navagrahas.
- [Kuber (Kubera, Kuber Dev, Vaishravana)](https://getnitya.com/en/kuber/): Kuber is the treasurer of the gods, lord of the yakshas and guardian of the north.
- [Gayatri Mata (Veda Mata, Savitri)](https://getnitya.com/en/gayatri/): Gayatri Mata is the Gayatri mantra of the Rig Veda worshipped as a goddess, and she is called Veda Mata, the mother of the Vedas.

## Texts in Hindi (हिन्दी)

- [श्री हनुमान चालीसा](https://getnitya.com/hi/hanuman/chalisa/)
- [ॐ जय जगदीश हरे](https://getnitya.com/hi/vishnu/om-jai-jagdish-hare/)
- [श्री हनुमान जी की आरती](https://getnitya.com/hi/hanuman/aarti/)
- [महामृत्युंजय मंत्र](https://getnitya.com/hi/shiva/mahamrityunjaya-mantra/)
- [श्री शिव चालीसा](https://getnitya.com/hi/shiva/shiv-chalisa/)
- [श्री वेंकटेश सुप्रभातम्](https://getnitya.com/hi/venkateswara/suprabhatam/)
- [जय गणेश देवा](https://getnitya.com/hi/ganesh/jai-ganesh-deva/)
- [करवा चौथ व्रत कथा](https://getnitya.com/hi/parvati/karwa-chauth-vrat-katha/)
- [शिव तांडव स्तोत्रम्](https://getnitya.com/hi/shiva/shiv-tandav-stotram/)
- [आरती साईबाबा](https://getnitya.com/hi/sai-baba/aarti-sai-baba/)

## Texts in Telugu (తెలుగు)

- [హనుమాన్ చాలీసా](https://getnitya.com/te/hanuman/chalisa/)
- [ఓం జయ జగదీశ హరే](https://getnitya.com/te/vishnu/om-jai-jagdish-hare/)
- [హనుమాన్ హారతి](https://getnitya.com/te/hanuman/aarti/)
- [మహామృత్యుంజయ మంత్రం](https://getnitya.com/te/shiva/mahamrityunjaya-mantra/)
- [శ్రీ శివ చాలీసా](https://getnitya.com/te/shiva/shiv-chalisa/)
- [శ్రీ వేంకటేశ్వర సుప్రభాతం](https://getnitya.com/te/venkateswara/suprabhatam/)
- [జయ గణేశ దేవా](https://getnitya.com/te/ganesh/jai-ganesh-deva/)
- [కర్వా చౌత్ వ్రత కథ](https://getnitya.com/te/parvati/karwa-chauth-vrat-katha/)
- [శివ తాండవ స్తోత్రం](https://getnitya.com/te/shiva/shiv-tandav-stotram/)
- [ఆరతి సాయిబాబా](https://getnitya.com/te/sai-baba/aarti-sai-baba/)

## Texts in Tamil (தமிழ்)

- [ஹனுமான் சாலீசா](https://getnitya.com/ta/hanuman/chalisa/)
- [ஓம் ஜெய் ஜகதீஷ் ஹரே](https://getnitya.com/ta/vishnu/om-jai-jagdish-hare/)
- [அனுமன் ஆரத்தி](https://getnitya.com/ta/hanuman/aarti/)
- [மகாமிருத்யுஞ்ஜய மந்திரம்](https://getnitya.com/ta/shiva/mahamrityunjaya-mantra/)
- [ஸ்ரீ சிவ சாலீசா](https://getnitya.com/ta/shiva/shiv-chalisa/)
- [ஸ்ரீ வெங்கடேச சுப்ரபாதம்](https://getnitya.com/ta/venkateswara/suprabhatam/)
- [ஜெய் கணேஷ தேவா](https://getnitya.com/ta/ganesh/jai-ganesh-deva/)
- [கர்வா சௌத் விரதக் கதை](https://getnitya.com/ta/parvati/karwa-chauth-vrat-katha/)
- [சிவ தாண்டவ ஸ்தோத்திரம்](https://getnitya.com/ta/shiva/shiv-tandav-stotram/)
- [ஆரத்தி சாய்பாபா](https://getnitya.com/ta/sai-baba/aarti-sai-baba/)

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