{{Short description|Hindu ritual}} {{for|the Hindi newspaper|Dainik Jagran}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} [[File:Jagrata.JPG|thumb|right|180px|A jagran in honour of a Devi, a Hindu goddess.]]
'''Jagarana''' ({{Langx|sa|जागरण|translit=Jāgaraṇa}}),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Monier |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.granth.89766 |title=Religious Thoughts and Life in India: An Account of the Religions of the Indian Peoples, based on a Life's Study of their Literature and on Personal Investigations in their own Country, Part I.- Vedism, Brahmanism and Hinduism |date=1883 |publisher=John Murray (London) |pages=426}}</ref> also rendered '''Jagran''', '''Jagarata''' ({{Langx|sa|जगराता|translit=Jagarātā}}), and '''Jaga''' is a Hindu ritual, practised across India. It comprises the performance of all-night vigils,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pintchman |first=Tracy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KcEotmV2MAC&dq=jagarana+vigil&pg=PA24 |title=Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares |date=2005-08-25 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0-7914-6595-0 |pages=24 |language=en}}</ref> as well as puja, songs, and dances for the veneration of a deity. A jagarana is generally performed for the veneration of Hindu goddesses, major deities such as Shiva and Krishna,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bryant |first=Edwin F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRtREAAAQBAJ&dq=jagarana+vigil&pg=PA538 |title=Krishna: A Sourcebook |date=2007-06-18 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-028756-6 |pages=538 |language=en}}</ref> 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|page=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|page=146}}</ref> Devotees worship the deity throughout the night by singing bhajans, performing arati, and listening to legends of the deity.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scott|first=Jamie S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LziWAwAAQBAJ&dq=jagran+ritual&pg=PA242|title=The Religions of Canadians|date=2012-03-15|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0518-3|language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Worship in Hinduism}}
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