May the light from your soul annihilate all the darkness in this world!

Clay oil lamps

Clay oil lamps

Ornate earthen clay lamp with a ghee candle lit during Divali, Holi, New Year and other auspicious Hindu religious occasions. Horizontal landscape crop space and copy area

Butter lamp holder made of clay

A simple clay lamp lights up the dark night. Happy Diwali to all.

The paintings on these clay pots and clay lamps were done by the students of Sungava - Intellectually Disabled Women's Vocational Training Center, Kathmandu, Nepal. Its an institution established to train the intellectually disabled girls/women and make them able to sustain on their own earnings.

Clay Lamp, an offering of light to Lord Buddha..

For the dia (clay lamp) decoration competition at my daughter's playschool, she and I embellished this clay lamp by cutting and colouring paper petals and gluing them along with whole wheat, black-eyed beans, glitters etc. She won 2nd prize for this! The competition was held to celebrate Diwali - the festival of lights.

Clay oil lamps

The flames of a few small clay lamps as they lit up the night just a little bit

Kelaniya temple on Duruthu Poya day. Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 08/01/2012

Lahugala

Kids art work

The paradox - Modern unlit lamp vs traditional sparkling Diyas

light on

hand detail

the 'before'... all taped up and ready to go

dark side detail

tree detail

Ancient Cinema