देवीदेवतांची काव्यबद्ध स्तुती म्हणजेच आरती. The poem composed in praise of God is Aarti. पांडुरंग हे विठ्ठल, विठोबाचे एक नाव आहे. मूळ ठिकाण पंढरपूरला दक्षिणकाशी म्हणतात. पांडुरंग कृष्ण अवतार आहे. Vithal, or Vitthal, or Vithoba, or Pandurang (a form of Krishna) is worshipped in some temples in west and south India. Vittala's original temple is at Pandharpur, Maharashtra. It is located on the banks of the river Bhima also known as Chandrabhaga. Phandarpur is referred as Pandaripuram also. The name Vithoba means Father Vitthala. Vitthala is said to have been derived from the word Vishnu in Kannada. Panduranga is a sanskritized form of Pandarga, the old name of Pandharpur