Traditional GajaLaxmi Vilakku Oil Lamp Handcrafted With Peacocks - Ht 22 cm x W 18 cm x Dia 14 cm red silk This is an exquisite brass

This is an exquisite brass urli / vessel standing on 3 fiilgree design legs

This sculpture with the lamp when lit

Open spouts of this type have an old history in western India and infact several fragments of earthenware vessels with a spout from Harappan sites such as Kot Diji were collected from the excavations have revealed this particular spouted vessel type

handcrafted by skilled artisans of South India

Height - 17 cm x Diya diameter 14 cm

Traditional GajaLaxmi Vilakku Oil Lamp Handcrafted With Peacocks - Ht 22 cm x W 18 cm x Dia 14 cm red silk This is an exquisite brassThe Gajalakshmi Vilakku, a traditional Kerala oil lamp with Lakshmi Goddess of wealth surrounded by 7 oil lamps or diyas is crafted in solid brass with beautiful peacocks on either side and a delicately crafted filigree prabhavali making this lamp even more graceful. This exquisite lamp is often used in the worship of Goddess Bhagavathi (goddess in Sanskrit) which is the general way people refer to the Hindu goddesses in Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra