Lighting a Lakh Batti(Devnagari:लाख बत्ती) is a Hindu tradition performed by the devotees wishing to get their wishes fulfilled by any deity of their choice. The devotee can pledge to light Lakh Batti literally meaning 100,000 lamps.[1][2][3]Lakh batti is also lit on the end day of reciting Purana or other religious ceremony.[4] In Nepal, it is also performed by Buddhists.[5][6]
During the ritual, 100,000 wicks are soaked in oil a day prior to the ceremony. Generally ghee or sesame/mustard oil is used for soaking.
On the day of ceremony, a qualified priest performs the Karmakanda (or rituals) before lighting the wicks. As the wicks burn, the host's family, relatives and public crowd in the temple moves around the burning pot to light it properly. They also show their palm in the light and place the palms back to their eyes. Brahmans, including one vijnya (expert) are fed at the end of the ritual.
It is believed that the best months to perform the ceremony is Kartik, Magh and Baisakh.[7]
^"तीन लाख बत्ती बालेर दीपमहायज्ञ, ४२ हजारले गरे हवन (फोटो फिचर)". Retrieved 2021-04-26.
^Tripathy, B.; Dutta, S.; Rajiv Gandhi University. Department of History; Indian Council of Social Science Research (2008). Religious History of Arunachal Pradesh. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-212-1002-7.
^Daryn, Gil (2006). Encompassing a Fractal World: The Energetic Female Core in Myth and Everyday Life--a Few Lessons Drawn from the Nepalese Himalaya. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-1173-4.
^Śarmā, Nagendra (2002). Nepal's Relations with Sikkim and Bhutan, 1770-1900: Primarily Based on Indigenous Sources, Published Or Unpublished. Himshikhar Publications. ISBN 978-99933-31-75-9.
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