We need a lamp, oil or ghee and cotton wicks to light it up. It is believed to spread positive vibrations around.

It is also a customary practice to light lamps before starting any auspicious ceremony or festival.

This little significant practice is interwoven into the lives of Indians, so much so that, not a day passes by without lighting a lamp. Lighting up lamps, deepam-s or diya-s everyday has been a regular practice in Indian households and temples since time immemorial. Similarly, when we acquire knowledge, it will take us towards higher spiritual ideas. When lit by spiritual knowledge, the ego gets perished. The oil or ghee represents the various negative thoughts and tendencies of a person. The mantra-s uttered when lighting a lamp spread positive vibrations inside a home. The lamps are lit with pure devotion and contemplation on the Gods and Goddesses. Now, one may ask, “Even the lights that run on electricity does pretty much the same function of driving away darkness, so why light lamps?” Hence, lighting up a lamp denotes the removal of ignorance in a person. The presence of knowledge removes ignorance, like how the presence of light removes the darkness around us. Darkness, on the other hand, represents ignorance. It has the quality to make us see things clearly. Light, in general, is the symbol of prosperity, well-being, and abundance. It is supposed to bring good luck, wealth, and prosperity into life. This little practice of lamps being lit at households across India during dusk is an alluring tradition associated with Goddess Lakshmi. This is followed by the warm glow of the lamps and sounds of prayers being offered to their favorite Gods. There is a familiar smell of cotton wicks burning that wraps the household. At the time of the sunset, there is an unexceptional ritual followed everywhere in India.

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