Shirdi Sai Arathis

Introduction:

There are thirty psalms in all the 4 Artathis. Of those, only sixteen are especially composed on Shri Sai Baba. The rest (fourteen, i.e. about half), are traditional arathi-psalms composed by the mediaeval poet-saints of Maharashtra(excepting a Vedic chant). 

Of the fourteen traditional psalms 

5 are composed by Sant Tukaram Maharaj

2 by Sant Namadev

2 by Sant Janabai

1 by Shri Ramjanardhan Swami 

1 by Shri Rameshwar Bhat; 

1Vedic hymn  

2 Traditional prayers

 Of the sixteen psalms especially written on Shri Sai Baba 

9 are composed by Shri K.J. Bhishma 

3 by Shri Dasganu Maharaj 

1 by Shri Upasani Maharaj, 

1 by Shri Madhav Adkar 

1 by Shri Mohini Raj

1 by Shri B.V. Dev 

Linguistically, of the thirty arati psalms twenty five are in Marathi, two in Hindi, two in Sanskrit and one abilingual anthology of short Marathi and Sanskrit prayers.

OM SRI SAIRAM!