Fine Quality Tibetan Buddhist Ritual 8" Silver Butter Lamps Set with Fine Hand Carvings from Patan, Nepal

Butter Lamp - Banisher of Darkness

This is a traditional butter lamp, a ritual implement  used in Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the  Himalyan region. Clarified yak butter, or ghee is  traditionally burned in the lamp, but vegetable oil is often used today. Butter lamps are believed to help focus the mind and aid meditation.

Offering lamps is also an important act for the Buddhist  practitioner. Offerings are made to bring success and prosperity,  to remove ignorance (lamps represent light and knowledge), and  to bestow blessings on loved ones who have died. In temples and monasteries, hundreds of lamps may often be  seen shining together before the sacred images, with each  lamp representing someone's heartfelt wish and devotion.

About this Ritual Item

This Butter Lamps Set is made from pure silver with fine intricate detail hand carving and decorated with colorful stones. The carving details are done very finely throughout the butter lamps. This finely carved Butter Lamps Set is crafted by the master artisans of Patan, Nepal.