"tamasOmaa jyOthirgamaya" goes a saying.
It means - "Lead me from Darkness to Light" / "from ignorance to knowledge"
Lighting a Lamp has always been considered sacred in India. Lamps or diyaas come in all shapes and sizes. Happened to see a different form of diyas at Sri Banashankari Temple, one of the popular temples of Bangalore. Here, the lamps are made out of Lemon by devotees and offered to Goddess Banashankari. The lemon is cut into two pieces. The pulp is then removed, inverted, filled with oil and then, lit !
It means - "Lead me from Darkness to Light" / "from ignorance to knowledge"
Lighting a Lamp has always been considered sacred in India. Lamps or diyaas come in all shapes and sizes. Happened to see a different form of diyas at Sri Banashankari Temple, one of the popular temples of Bangalore. Here, the lamps are made out of Lemon by devotees and offered to Goddess Banashankari. The lemon is cut into two pieces. The pulp is then removed, inverted, filled with oil and then, lit !
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The half cut lemon is turned inside out and oil is filled with cotton wigs on the outer skin side of the lemon.Chemical reaction betn Citrus acid and edible oil makes the lamp burn for a long time and invokes an aroma around it that soothes our mind when we have tension.
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