Lakhbatti Program At Home By Mom

Mom ,what do you mean by lakhbatti,I asked mom several times ,she answers the queries I have in my mind.Her answers are useful .Lakhbatti refers to a lakh batti  (literally means 100,000 lights) rite for a better future ,with no particular desire good things will happen, and according to Shastras (scriptures), your place is secured in Heaven.A night before the rite the battis are soaked in ghee or oil extracted from til (sesame) or mustard seed in an earthen pot.nce the ritual is over, the lights are kindled. As the battis are lighted, the hosts and their family and relatives crowd around the earthen pot, throw their hands closer to the flame and roll back to place over their closed eyes.Thirteen Brahmans, including one vijnya (expert), should be fed at the end of the ritual. Relatives of the hosts who are invited to share the blessings, also join in the feasts later on.Selrotee with achar is served as prasad with other food items .

Devotees wishing to get their wishes fulfilled by any deity of their choice pledge to light ‘Lakh Vatti’: 125,000 wick lamps. Once the deity fulfills the wishes, the devotees light ‘Lakh Vatti’ at the temple.

Wicks are soaked in oil, and placed 25,000 wicks in each of the five clay bowl. A silver dish with a silver and a gold wick is placed in the main bowl and decorated them all with vermilion.The devotee takes the main bowl of wicks to the deity, and lights them, brings it out and places it on the ground facing the deity. Then the remaining four dishes are lighted from the main dish and after circumventing the temple three times, they are placed one each at the four corners of the temple.

At the time of Baisakh 2075 ,there are many things in new year celebration and lakhbatti is one of them,it has been regular rite at home,we enjoyed a lot in Baba Bard Goriya Temple and the priest offers us the prasad with the knowledge he shares to us one by one.Hindu worship is primarily an individual act rather than a communal one, as it involves making personal offerings to the deity.Worshippers repeat the names of their favourite gods and goddesses, and repeat mantras. Water, fruit, flowers and incense are offered to god.My granny does regular kul puja with the help of uncles at home as she informs me only males are allowed to do so and lakhbatti remains another interesting part at home.