DEEP DANAM

Lamps for offering gratitude

Deeparadhana
(lighting a lamp before a deity) is an intrinsic part of offering puja or prayer in every Hindu home and temple. This elicits pure, positive and calm senses in that space.

Light is known as a symbol of holiness, prosperity and exuberance in the Hindu religion. Light brings brightness with it and takes away the darkness. 

This wonderful diyas hold a profound unmistakable quality and are representative of our excursion to illumination 

In India, pretty much every family unit has a custom of lighting a deepam or diya two times per day — in the first part of the day and night. This is a piece of the petition. All services, every day love ceremonies, propitious capacities, strict events just as new pursuits start with lightning of the light. Diya is basic in Hinduism since it means virtue, goodness, good karma and force. The nearness of light methods the non-presence of haziness and underhanded powers. 

Since, Diwali is commended on the new moon day when there is incomparable obscurity all over; individuals light a huge number of lights to dispose of the murkiness. It is accepted that detestable spirits and powers gain control and become dynamic when there is no light. So diyas are lit on each side of the house to debilitate those abhorrent powers. 

There is a more profound centrality to the diya. The oil in the diya represents the earth in the human brain —, for example, avarice, envy, disdain, desire and so forth — which individuals will in general sustain. The cotton in the diya is emblematic of the atma or oneself or the spirit. The diya presents light when the oil is scorched by the wick. Subsequently, the lighting of the diyas means that one needs to dispose of the egotistical and materialistic musings. This liberates one from all types of trouble, directing the way to illumination and to interface with the Supreme Being.