Light a traditional lamp

In almost every Hindu home across the globe, an oil lamp is lit at the altar of the Lord. All auspicious functions commence with the lighting of the lamp, which is often maintained right through the occasion. A traditional oil lamp comprises of a pot, oil and a wick. Each one of them has its own spiritual significance.

•          Light from the lamp symbolizes knowledge. Knowledge removes ignorance just as light removes darkness. Also, knowledge is a lasting inner wealth by which all outer achievement can be accomplished. Hence we light the lamp to bow down to knowledge as the greatest of all forms of wealth.

•          The oil or ghee in the lamp symbolizes our negative tendencies and the wick symbolizes ego. When lit, the negative tendencies slowly gets exhausted and the ego perishes.
  
  
  
  

Thus by lighting the lamp, the light of knowledge removes the darkness of ignorance, by which anything can be achieved in life.