$145.00
From our Heritage collection - This Vintage 64 cm long hanging Lamp or Thooku Vilakku as is traditionally called, has been used for decades to worship the Gods and claimed to be one from the several ancestral lamps of a family from Kerala in the Kannur region.
This lingam Vilakku wIth grooves to light the diyas with a hand engraved bell is crafted using the process of metal casting as per century old practises by the most skilled artisans and hangs on a 46 cm long beaded brass link chain.
Always an integral part of the prayer room, temples and domestic shrines, the presence of these lamps has been an important aspect of ritual worship offered to a deity and as per tradition are lit each day using ghee and wicks at dusk before any other lamp in the house.
This reverence for the Lamp is based on the symbolism of one's journey from darkness and ignorance into light and knowledge of the ultimate reality – 'Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya!.
Measures:
Length of the lamp with bell and chain is 64 cm with diameter of 12 cm
The chain measures 46 cm.
Weight : 1.90 kilograms