Each fasting woman lights an earthen lamp in her thali while listening to the Karva story.

So he started a namghar there and given the responsibility of kindling the earthen lamp to the old woman.

Diya are small earthen lamp that is specially lit on Diwali for puja and decoration purposes.

Here, lighted earthen lamps are kept under a canopy of five sugarcane sticks.

In Varanasi, the ghats come alive with thousands of diyas (brightly lit earthen lamps).

On the night of 15th, every house is illuminated with "Diya"(small earthen lamps lighted with ghee/oil).

The darkness of the temple's inmost shrine is lit by the ray of one earthen lamp.

The lighting is provided by 21 lamps lit in coconut halves or earthen lamps placed behind the puppets, causing their shadows to fall on the screen.

Then they offer lighted deeps (earthen lamps) and batti (cotton wick) as a special offering for the day.

Several discoveries have been made in the wierde, including an earthen lamp from the first century BC.