Offering Lakh Vatti

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Offering Lakh Vatti

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.

Puja sardan: cotton wicks, sesame seeds oil, five-baked clay dishes, one tiny silver dish, one gold wick and another silver wick.

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.