Butter Lamp – Banisher of Darkness
This is a traditional butter lamp, a ritual implement used in Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Himalayan region. Clarified yak butter, or ghee is traditionally burned in the lamp, but vegetable oil is often used today. Butter lamps are believed to help focus the mind and aid meditation.
Offering lamps is also an important act for the Buddhist practitioner. Offerings are made to bring success and prosperity, to remove ignorance (lamps represent light and knowledge), and to bestow blessings on loved ones who have died. In temples and monasteries, hundreds of lamps may often be seen shining together before the sacred images, with each lamp representing someone’s heartfelt wish and devotion.
About this Ritual Item
This Butter Lamps Set is made of copper alloy in oxidation finish with silver plating and has fine hand engravings to give the Set a stunning look. The Butter Lamps Set has is beautifully hand engravings of flowers and other symbols. The hand engraving details are done very finely throughout. This beautiful Butter Lamps Set is handcrafted by the master artisans of Patan, Nepal.
