Lakh Batti (100,000 Pure cotton wick's)

Among the Nepalese Practicing Hindu there is a tradition of performing Lakh batti rites (Lighting 100,000 cotton wick’s). Lighting lakh batti indicates that you are multiplying the light in your life, may it be internal light of wisdom or external light. Mostly it is believed and performed to cleanse all karmic Blemishes (Karma Dosha) and opening way for good fortune. It is said lighting lakh batti helps with balancing the fire element in the body and possibly help solve issues created due to imbalanced fire element in human body. It is said the best months to perform lakh batti rites are during Karthik, Magh and Baishak because these are the months of season shifts, especially Karthik since it’s the month where the sadhana pada (Phase of knowing, inner sadhana) moves to Kaivalya pada (Time for inner harvest make available to oneself), and because of that, in this month lighting of lamp is indicative of enlightenment, awareness, consciousness and ultimate liberation.