20  AUG 2016 DEEPAM SIGNIFICANCE

Lighting of Lamps

The light symbolizes knowledge, illuminating and “en-lighten-ing” us. The light emanating from the ghee lamp removes darkness, ignorance and evil. The light or knowledge shows us the way out of our problems, fears, tensions, and unhappiness. The light of a ghee lamp is believed to bring in prosperity, as knowledge or wisdom is the greatest form of wealth. The wick is a symbol of energy and light where a light emits brightness.

What is a Lamp and How to do Aarti?

Five Wick Lamp for Aarti

It is customary in India that all auspicious religious events and even important social functions will begin with the lighting of a lamp. This is like an invitation to the divine to come and bless us. In Hindu temples an elaborate “Aarti” prayer ceremony is performed with 5 diyas burning at once, and waved gently in a circular motion- in a clockwise manner,  in front of a picture or statue of a deity. This aarti ritual literally purifies the atmospheric air.

This symbolizes our  dedication and  oneness with the Lord and  gathering from Him a part of his piousness and  immense power and  strength.

Different types of Wicks in a Lamp

One can use any type of wicks in this pooja.

• Wick made of banana stem fiber helps to seek forgiveness for mistakes committed and ancestral curse
• A cotton wick (which is the most popular) obtains all good fortune
• White cloth immersed in rose water and dried after use wick  for lightning with oil, brings blessings of Goddess Lakshmi
• Wick from yellow sari cloth helps avoids the problem between husband and wife.
• Lotus stem fiber (wick) removes previous birth karma and establishes a happy & prosperous life
• White madder plant –pulp of the bark (popularly used in poojas- the majishta) increases wealth and dispels bad luck. Read about the white madder ganesha or Shwetarka Ganesha. We send theArka wick FREE with every Swetarka Ganesha
• A new yellow cotton cloth- one obtains the grace of Goddess Parvati.
• New red cotton cloth helps remove any marriage obstacles and child bearing obstacles.

The ghee and the flame signifies Goddess Laxmi who blessed us with her wealth, the brightness of the flame resemble Goddess Saraswathy who blessed us with education and knowledge and the heat from the flame signifies Mother Durga who burns away and destroys all evil and the nefarious. 

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Different types of Oil and Fat/Ghee used to light a Lamp

There are different types of oil and fat used to light different lamps for all different reasons. No two people may choose to light the same lamp. It is said that the different oil used have a certain meaning and  helps us in a particular way.

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• Cow’s ghee/ Pure ghee: Ensures prosperity health and happiness.
• Coconut Oil : Special oil to please Lord Ganapati.
• Gingely oil or sesame oil: Ensures removal of obstacles and evil effects that haunt you. Very popular for  praying to Lord Shani or to please Saneeswaran during the Shani Mahadasha, Antardasha and Sade-sati periods of Saturn.
• Neem Oil : Can be used as it helps bring in prosperity into the house
• Castor oil– Ensures fame, happy family life, and to gain a devotional mind set.
• Panchadeepa Oil: (highly recommended): You can make this at home. Mix Coconut Oil/Gingelly Oil, Castor Oil, Neem Oil, Iluppai (mahua tree) Oil and Cow’s Ghee  in the ratio of 3:2:1:2:2 respectively. You can also use the ready-made oil available in the markets under the same name.  A Panchadeepa Oil lamp will mitigate all evil. Keep the home and its inmates protected from evil, illnesses and bad thoughts and evil eye. It ensures prosperity and all forms of wealth. The granaries in the house are full and the home is brimming with joy and laughter. Children will be healthy and obedient. There is only one company in India that is making this oil and marketing it, if you cannot make it at home,you can purchase it here.

Dos and Donts while lighting a lamp

• DO NOT USE GROUNDNUT OR SUNFLOWER OIL TO LIGHT LAMPS. Our elders always said that  lighting groundnut oil lamps augurs money debts in the home. The people living in the home are always bickering for money or the want of it.
  Always use minimum 2 and maximum 3 wicks for lighting the Lamp. Symbolises the Trinity- Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati
• After lighting the lamp do not rub the excess oil on your hair; (it will make you loose your wealth) general belief.  Also rubbing in your own dress is also not good. So keep a piece of cloth in your pooja room and rub the excess oil in it .
• After head bath, one should remove the head towel before even lighting the lamp .

Now let us see the effects of lighting lamps in different directions– North, East, West and the South.

• North: The most preferable direction to place and light a lamp. One is blessed with 8 kinds of wealth or Ashtaishwaryas of Goddess Lakshmi who empowers her devotees, giving them luxuries in the form of wealth, which can be good progeny, money, plenty of food etc.

• East: It will ensure good health and peace of mind.

• West: It will free you from debts and ensure victory over foes. (Saturn Remedy)

• South: Never place and light a lamp in the south direction. It will bring all the bad tidings.A strict NO NO.

 Special Reasons to light Lamps

• Lack of  Concentration and Mental Peace: If your mental peace is disturbed and if you lose concentration/focus on anything in life, go to any Durga temple on Friday and put a cow ghee in a earthen lamp in front of the Goddess. Do this for 03 Fridays atleast.
  

  Siddha Shwetarka Ganesha
• Obstacles and Blocks at Work and Career: If you have constant obstacles in profession, work and daily affairs, then light a coconut oil deepak to Lord Ganesha.
• Worship of the Shwetarka Ganesha with coconut oil deepam at home is very special ritual. Read here
• Getting rid of past life Sins and  secure Moksha: Light  a cow ghee deepam to Lord Shiva will relieve you from past sins.

• Rahu Kaalam Deepams: Inverting a freshly cut and squeezed lime cover, then remove all the hair and light a ghee lamp in its inverted cover (insides turned into a lamp) during Rahu Kalam time helps to nullify the negative
  

  Rahu kalam lemon lamp
  effects of Rahu and get the blessings of Goddess Durga.  Mother Durga is the power that guides and protects the devotee’s spiritual practice form its many danger and pitfalls. So, by performing this Rahu Kalam deepam, Mother Durga will bestow peace and prosperity in our life.
• Do not light the Rahu and Ketu kalam deepam at home.

• Ketu Kaalam Deepams:  Those natives who are suffering with more difficulties due to the effect of evil effects of other planets, the only solution available is to light a lamp at the foot of MahaGanapati on Sunday and Wednesday. The pratima/idol and deepam should be placed on dharba (grass) for more positive
  

  Wheat Flour Dough Diya
  results. This deeepam is called as Ketu Kaalam Deepam.
• Diwali Diya:On the occasion of BaliPratipada, a wheat flour diya is especially made and placed at the altar outside our home. It is the only time that the wheat flour diya is made.  Some people also make this diya and place them in Hanuman temples to please Lord Shani during  malefic dasha and antardasha.